4.3BSD-Reno/src/old/hostid/hostid.1

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.TH HOSTID 1 "July 9, 1988"
.UC 5
.SH NAME
\fBhostid\fP \- set or print identifier of current host system
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBhostid\fP [hexnum or internet address]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIHostid\fP prints the identifier of the current host in hexadecimal.
This numeric value is expected to be unique across all hosts and is
commonly set to the host's Internet address.  The super-user can set
the hostid by giving a hexadecimal argument or the hostname; this is
usually done in the startup script \fI/etc/netstart\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
gethostid(2), sethostid(2)