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                     32: .Dd June 2, 1993
                     33: .Dt GETHOSTID 3
1.7       garbled    34: .Os
1.1       cgd        35: .Sh NAME
                     36: .Nm gethostid ,
                     37: .Nm sethostid
                     38: .Nd get/set unique identifier of current host
1.4       perry      39: .Sh LIBRARY
                     40: .Lb libc
1.1       cgd        41: .Sh SYNOPSIS
1.11      wiz        42: .In unistd.h
1.1       cgd        43: .Ft long
                     44: .Fn gethostid void
                     45: .Ft int
                     46: .Fn sethostid "long hostid"
                     47: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.6       lukem      48: .Fn sethostid
1.5       fair       49: establishes a 32-bit identifier for the current processor that is
                     50: intended to be unique among all
                     51: .Ux
                     52: systems in existence.
                     53: This is normally a DARPA Internet address for the local machine.
                     54: This call is allowed only to the super-user and is normally performed
                     55: at boot time.
1.1       cgd        56: .Pp
1.6       lukem      57: .Fn gethostid
1.1       cgd        58: returns the 32-bit identifier for the current processor.
                     59: .Pp
                     60: This function has been deprecated.
                     61: The hostid should be set or retrieved by use of
1.2       jtc        62: .Xr sysctl 3 .
1.1       cgd        63: .Sh SEE ALSO
1.9       wiz        64: .Xr gethostname 3 ,
1.2       jtc        65: .Xr sysctl 3 ,
1.9       wiz        66: .Xr sysctl 8
1.1       cgd        67: .Sh HISTORY
                     68: The
                     69: .Fn gethostid
                     70: and
                     71: .Fn sethostid
1.8       wiz        72: syscalls appeared in
1.1       cgd        73: .Bx 4.2
                     74: and were dropped in
                     75: .Bx 4.4 .
1.9       wiz        76: .Sh BUGS
                     77: 32 bits for the identifier is too small.