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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Standard C library
.P
.RS -4
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
-.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
+.MR feature_test_macros 7 ):
.RE
.P
.BR gethostid ():
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The 32-bit identifier was intended to be unique among all UNIX systems in
existence.
This normally resembles the Internet address for the local
machine, as returned by
-.BR gethostbyname (3),
+.MR gethostbyname 3 ,
and thus usually never needs to be set.
.P
The
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The calling process's effective user or group ID is not the same
as its corresponding real ID.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
-.BR attributes (7).
+.MR attributes 7 .
.TS
allbox;
lb lb lbx
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ In the glibc implementation, if
.BR gethostid ()
cannot open the file containing the host ID,
then it obtains the hostname using
-.BR gethostname (2),
+.MR gethostname 2 ,
passes that hostname to
-.BR gethostbyname_r (3)
+.MR gethostbyname_r 3
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.)
@@ -145,5 +145,5 @@ but not
.SH BUGS
It is impossible to ensure that the identifier is globally unique.
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR hostid (1),
-.BR gethostbyname (3)
+.MR hostid 1 ,
+.MR gethostbyname 3