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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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