NAME

gethostident − print hostident value

SYNOPSIS

gethostident [ −bc ]

DESCRIPTION

gethostident prints the 64-byte value returned by the gethostident system call, which is unique to the particular machine on which it is invoked (with a certain caveat -- see gethostident(2)). Normally, gethostident writes 64 bytes, some of which are unprintable, directly to its standard output. 

The −b option causes the value to be printed as octal bytes, 16 per line. 

The −c option causes the value to be printed as characters, with unprintable characters (and backslash) printed as a backslash and three octal digits, and with a newline added at the end. 

SEE ALSO

gethostident(2). 
 
 

Version 3.6  —  December 20, 1987