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From: cliffs@sunrock.East.Sun.COM (Clifford C. Skolnick)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: WANTED: ethernet address or other unique ID
Keywords: ethernet-address unique-ID
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Date: 13 Dec 90 22:23:37 GMT
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In article <747@utrcu1.UUCP> emmerik@utrcu1.UUCP (Emmerik P.J.L. van) writes:
>
>Wanted: a way of obtaining a unique identifier for a SUN-workstation
>        from a program.

gethostid() will do the trick you want.

	Cliff
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