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NAME
       gethostid — get an identifier for the current host


SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       long gethostid(void);


DESCRIPTION
       The gethostid() function shall retrieve a 32-bit identifier for the current host.


RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, gethostid() shall return an identifier for the current host.


ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.


EXAMPLES
       None.


APPLICATION USAGE
       This volume of POSIX.1‐2017 does not define the domain in which the return value is unique.


RATIONALE
       None.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.


SEE ALSO
       initstate()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <unistd.h>


       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
       for Information  Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open  Group  Base
       Specifications  Issue  7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
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