HOSTNAME
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BSD 4.2
NAME
hostname
- set or print name of current host system
SYNOPSIS
[-s
]
[name-of-host
]
DESCRIPTION
prints the name of the current host. The super-user can
set the host name by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the
network initialization script
/etc/netstart
normally run at boot
time.
Options:
- -s
-
Trims off any domain information from the printed
name.
SEE ALSO
domainname(1),
gethostname(3),
sethostname(3)
HISTORY
The
utility appeared in
BSD 4.2
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