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  1. Submitted-by: milt@pe-nelson.com (Mil Ratcliff)
  2.  
  3. SunOS provides the gethostname() call to return the host name for the current
  4. machine.  Neither the POSIX books(D.  Lewine) nor the XPG books have a similar
  5. call.
  6.  
  7. Is there a portable way to get a host name or must it be done on a system
  8. by system basis?
  9.  
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  11. Milt Ratcliff                                            milt@pe-nelson.com
  12. PE-Nelson                                                +1.408.725.1107
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  14. Cupertino, CA  95014
  15.  
  16. Volume-Number: Volume 24, Number 67
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