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gethostsex(3)
NAME
  gethostsex - get the byte sex of the host machine

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 flag.

SYNOPSIS
  int gethostsex()

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.