sunos man page for gethostid

gethostid(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					     gethostid(3C)

NAME
       gethostid - get an identifier for the current host

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       long gethostid(void);

DESCRIPTION
       The  gethostid()  function returns the 32-bit identifier for the current host. This identifier is taken from the CPU board's ID PROM. It is
       not guaranteed to be unique.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       hostid(1), sysinfo(2), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10							    24 Jul 2002 						     gethostid(3C)