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