osfmk/man/mach_host_self.html

   1 <h2>mach_host_self</h2>
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<strong>System Trap</strong> - Returns the host self port
<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3>
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host_name_port_t   mach_host_self( void );</strong>
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<h3>PARAMETERS</h3>
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None.

<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3>
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The <strong>mach_host_self</strong> function
returns send rights to the task's host self port.
By default, this is the name port for the current host
but can be a different value if so set.

<h3>RETURN VALUES</h3>
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[host-self send right] Send rights to the host's name port.

<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3>
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Functions:
<a href="host_info.html"><strong>host_info</strong></a>,
<a href="task_set_special_port.html"><strong>task_set_special_port</strong></a>.