NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     hostname - set or print name of current host system

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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    [Toc]    [Back]

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

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The hostname utility appeared in 4.2BSD.

OpenBSD      3.6                          April      28,     1995