hpux man page for gethostid

gethostid(2)							System Calls Manual						      gethostid(2)

NAME
       gethostid - get an identifier for the current host

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       The function retrieves a 32-bit identifier for the current host.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, returns an identifier for the current host.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

APPLICATION USAGE
       X/Open does not define the domain in which the return value is unique.

WARNINGS
   Obsolescent Interfaces
       is to be obsoleted at a future date.

SEE ALSO
       random(3M), <unistd.h>.

CHANGE HISTORY
       First released in Issue 4, Version 2.

								  TO BE OBSOLETED						      gethostid(2)