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        !            20: .TH GETHOSTID 2 "June 23, 1990"
        !            21: .UC 5
        !            22: .SH NAME
        !            23: gethostid, sethostid \- get/set unique identifier of current host
        !            24: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            25: .nf
        !            26: .ft B
        !            27: hostid = gethostid()
        !            28: long hostid;
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: .ft B
        !            31: sethostid(hostid)
        !            32: long hostid;
        !            33: .fi
        !            34: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            35: .I Sethostid
        !            36: establishes a 32-bit identifier for the
        !            37: current processor that is intended to be unique among all
        !            38: UNIX systems in existence.  This is normally a DARPA Internet
        !            39: address for the local machine.  This call is allowed only to the
        !            40: super-user and is normally performed at boot time.
        !            41: .PP
        !            42: .I Gethostid
        !            43: returns the 32-bit identifier for the current processor.
        !            44: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            45: hostid(1), gethostname(2)
        !            46: .SH BUGS
        !            47: 32 bits for the identifier is too small.

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