NAME

gethostid — get an identifier for the current host

SYNOPSIS

[XSI] #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.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

This volume of POSIX.1-2024 does not define the domain in which the return value is unique.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

initstate

XBD <unistd.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4, Version 2.

Issue 5

Moved from X/OPEN UNIX extension to BASE.