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1.1     ! root        1: .TH GETHOSTID 2 "12 February 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: gethostid, sethostid \- get/set unique identifier of current host
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .ft B
        !             8: hostid = gethostid()
        !             9: int hostid;
        !            10: .PP
        !            11: .ft B
        !            12: sethostid(hostid)
        !            13: int hostid;
        !            14: .fi
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Sethostid
        !            17: establishes a 32-bit identifier for the
        !            18: current processor which is intended to be unique among all
        !            19: UNIX systems in existence.  This is normally a DARPA Internet
        !            20: address for the local machine.  This call is allowed only to the
        !            21: super-user and is normally performed at boot time.
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: .I Gethostid
        !            24: returns the 32-bit identifier for the current processor.
        !            25: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            26: hostid(1), gethostname(2)
        !            27: .SH BUGS
        !            28: 32 bits for the identifier is too small.

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