NAME

gethostid − get unique identifier of current host

SYNOPSIS

/usr/ucb/cc [ flag. . . ] file . . .

gethostid()

DESCRIPTION

gethostid returns the 32-bit identifier for the current host, which should be unique across all hosts.  This number is usually taken from the CPU board’s ID PROM. 

This routine resides in libucb. 

SEE ALSO

hostid(1), sysinfo(2). 

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