hostname(TC)                    19 June 1992                    hostname(TC)


 Name

    hostname - set or print name of current host system

 Syntax

    hostname [-s] [ nameofhost ]

 Description

    hostname prints the name of the current host.  The super-user can set the
    hostname by giving an argument; this is usually done at boot time in the
    network initialization script.  The -s option trims any domain informa-
    tion from the printed name.

 See also

    gethostname(SLIB), sethostname(SLIB), uname(C).