--- src/sbin/jscan/subs.c	2005/07/06 06:21:05	1.6
+++ src/sbin/jscan/subs.c	2005/09/06 06:42:44	1.7
@@ -354,3 +354,21 @@ dupdatapath(const void *buf, int bytes)
     return(res);
 }
 
+void
+get_transid_from_file(const char *path, int64_t *transid, int flags)
+{
+    int n;
+    int fd;
+    char buf[32];
+
+    *transid = 0;
+    if ((fd = open(path, O_RDONLY)) >= 0) {
+	n = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+	if (n >= 0)
+	    buf[n] = 0;
+	*transid = strtoull(buf, NULL, 16);
+	jmodes |= flags;
+	close(fd);
+    }
+}
+