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gethostsex(3)


NAME

  gethostsex - get the byte sex of the host machine


SYNOPSIS

  int gethostsex( );


LIBRARY

  The gethostsex() function has moved from the standard C library to the
  libmld.a library. Programs that need to use gethostsex() must be linked
  with the -lmld option.


DESCRIPTION

  The gethostsex() function returns one of two constants, BIGENDIAN or
  LITTLEENDIAN, for the sex of the host machine. These constants are in
  sex.h.

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