osf1 man page for gethostid

gethostid(2)							System Calls Manual						      gethostid(2)

NAME
       gethostid - Gets the unique identifier of the current host

SYNOPSIS
       int gethostid ( void );

DESCRIPTION
       The  gethostid()  function allows a process to retrieve the 32-bit identifier for the current host.  The host ID is stored in network stan-
       dard byte order and is set either by the hostid(1) command or the sethostid(2) function call.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon completion, the gethostid() function returns the identifier for the current host.

RELATED INFORMATION
       Commands: hostid(1).

       Functions: gethostname(2), sethostname(2) delim off

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