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establishes
a 32-bit identifier for the current processor that is intended to be unique
among all UNIX systems in existence. This is normally a DARPA Internet
address for the local machine. This call is allowed only to the super-user
and is normally performed at boot time. returns the 32-bit identifier for
the current processor. This function has been deprecated. The hostid should
be set or retrieved by use of
32 bits for the identifier
is too small.
The and syscalls appeared in and were dropped in
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