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Diffstat (limited to 'man3/gethostid.3')
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diff --git a/man3/gethostid.3 b/man3/gethostid.3 index 13da0523fa..4c01bb08f0 100644 --- a/man3/gethostid.3 +++ b/man3/gethostid.3 @@ -106,18 +106,7 @@ T} .hy .ad .sp 1 -.SH STANDARDS -4.2BSD; these functions were dropped in 4.4BSD. -SVr4 includes -.BR gethostid () -but not -.BR sethostid (). -.PP -POSIX.1-2001 and POSIX.1-2008 specify -.BR gethostid () -but not -.BR sethostid (). -.SH NOTES +.SH VERSIONS In the glibc implementation, the .I hostid is stored in the file @@ -137,6 +126,19 @@ passes that hostname to in order to obtain the host's IPv4 address, and returns a value obtained by bit-twiddling the IPv4 address. (This value may not be unique.) +.SH STANDARDS +.TP +.BR gethostid () +POSIX.1-2008. +.TP +.BR sethostid () +None. +.SH HISTORY +4.2BSD; dropped in 4.4BSD. +SVr4 and POSIX.1-2001 include +.BR gethostid () +but not +.BR sethostid (). .SH BUGS It is impossible to ensure that the identifier is globally unique. .SH SEE ALSO |