GMX_LIBGMX_EXPORT
int gmx_hostname_num(void);
-/* If the first part of the hostname (up to the first dot) ends with a number, returns this number.
- If the first part of the hostname does not ends in a number (0-9 characters), returns 0.
+/* Ostensibly, returns a integer characteristic of and unique to each
+ physical node in the MPI system. If the first part of the MPI
+ hostname (up to the first dot) ends with a number, returns this
+ number. If the first part of the MPI hostname does not ends in a
+ number (0-9 characters), returns 0.
*/
GMX_LIBGMX_EXPORT