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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)gethostid.2 6.3 (Berkeley) 11/28/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH GETHOSTID 2 "November 28, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: gethostid, sethostid \- get/set unique identifier of current host
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .nf
        !            13: .ft B
        !            14: hostid = gethostid()
        !            15: long hostid;
        !            16: .PP
        !            17: .ft B
        !            18: sethostid(hostid)
        !            19: long hostid;
        !            20: .fi
        !            21: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            22: .I Sethostid
        !            23: establishes a 32-bit identifier for the
        !            24: current processor that is intended to be unique among all
        !            25: UNIX systems in existence.  This is normally a DARPA Internet
        !            26: address for the local machine.  This call is allowed only to the
        !            27: super-user and is normally performed at boot time.
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: .I Gethostid
        !            30: returns the 32-bit identifier for the current processor.
        !            31: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            32: hostid(1), gethostname(2)
        !            33: .SH BUGS
        !            34: 32 bits for the identifier is too small.

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