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- From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver)
- Subject: Re: simple sysid(3) question
- Message-ID: <snnmcro@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>
- Keywords: sysid unique
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <416@conan.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:22:00 GMT
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- In article <416@conan.UUCP>, scott@conan.UUCP (Scott Weitzenkamp) writes:
- >
- > Is the sysid(3) function available on both IRIX 3.X and 4.0.X? We
- > only have IRIX 4.0.1 in-house, so I can't easily check. Does sysid(3)
- > return a number that is unique for that specific computer, or unique
- > for that *model* of computer? I assume the number is unique for that
- > specific computer, but wasn't 100% sure.
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- sysid() is around 6 years old. It long predates IRIX 3.0.
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- The number is supposed to be unique for each machine.
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- Vernon Schryver, vjs@sgi.com
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