hostname man page on MirBSD

hostname man page on MirBSD

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HOSTNAME(1)		     BSD Reference Manual		   HOSTNAME(1)

NAME
     hostname - set or print name of current host system

SYNOPSIS
     hostname [-s] [name-of-host]

DESCRIPTION
     The hostname utility prints the name of the current host. The superuser
     can set the host name by supplying a /etc/myname file. This is used at
     system boot time by netstart(8) to initialize the hostname.

     The options are as follows:

     -s	     Trims off any domain information from the printed name.

SEE ALSO
     domainname(1), gethostname(3), sethostname(3), myname(5), hostname(7),
     netstart(8)

HISTORY
     The hostname utility appeared in 4.2BSD.

MirOS BSD #10-current		April 28, 1995				     1

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