NAME
hostname —
set or print name of current host
system
SYNOPSIS
hostname |
[-f] [-s |
-d] [name-of-host] |
DESCRIPTION
Thehostname utility prints the name of the current
host. The super-user can set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is
usually done in the initialization script
/etc/rc.d/hostname, normally run at boot time. This
script uses the hostname variable in
/etc/rc.conf.
Options:
-f- Include domain information in the printed name. This is the default behavior.
-s- Trim off any domain information from the printed name.
-d- Only print domain information.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The hostname command appeared in
4.2BSD.