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  NAME
      dce_cf_get_host_name - Returns the hostname relative to the local
                             cell root

  SYNOPSIS

      #include <dce/dce_cf.h>

      void dce_cf_get_host_name( char **hostname,
                                 error_status_t *status);

  PARAMETERS

      INPUT

      None.

      INPUT/OUTPUT

      hostname - The address of a string pointer. This pointer will be
                 set by the function to point to a buffer that contains
                 the hostname.

      OUTPUT

      status - Returns the status code from this operation. The status
               code is a value that indicates whether the routine
               completed successfully and if not, why not.
               Possible status codes and their meanings are as follows:

               dce_cf_st_ok           Operation successfully completed.

               dce_cf_e_file_open     File open error.

               dce_cf_e_no_mem        No memory available.

               dce_cf_e_no_match      No hostname entry in the DCE
                                      configuration file.

  DESCRIPTION

  The dce_cf_get_host_name() routine searches the DCE configuration file
  for the local host's name relative to the local cell's root. If the
  name is found, dce_cf_get_host_name() allocates (by a call to malloc())
  a buffer for it, copies the name into the buffer, and returns its
  address in the hostname input parameter.

  CAUTIONS

  The memory for a returned name string is allocated by malloc(), and
  must be freed by the caller of dce_cf_get_host_name().

  The DCE 1.0 version of this routine is limited to processing lines of
  text whose length is less than 1024 characters.

  FILES

      DCE$LOCAL:[000000]dce_cf.db
             The machine's local DCE configuration file (where dcelocal
             is usually something like DIA0:[SYS0.DCELOCAL.]).

  RETURN VALUES

      No value is returned.

  RELATED INFORMATION

      FUNCTIONS: dce_cf_binding_entry_from_host
                 dce_cf_find_name_by_key
                 dce_cf_get_cell_name
                 dce_cf_prin_name_from_host

      BOOKS: OSF DCE Administration Guide.