OSF

NAME

gethostid − Gets the unique identifier of the current host

SYNOPSIS

int gethostid ( void );

DESCRIPTION

The gethostid() function allows a process to retrieve the 32-bit identifier for the current host.  In most cases, the host ID is stored in network standard byte order and is a DARPA Internet address for the local machine. 

RETURN VALUES

Upon completion, the gethostid() function returns the identifier for the current host. 

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: gethostname(2), sethostname(2)