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NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

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

SEE ALSO

BUGS

32 bits for the identifier is too small.

HISTORY

The and syscalls appeared in and were dropped in


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