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.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1988, 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff%
.\"
.\"	@(#)hostname.1	6.8 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.Dd 
.Dt HOSTNAME 1
.Os BSD 4.2
.Sh NAME
.Nm hostname
.Nd set or print name of current host system
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm hostname
.Op Fl s
.Op Ar nameofhost
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Hostname
prints the name of the current host.  The super-user can
set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the
network initialization script
.Pa /etc/netstart ,
normally run at boot
time.
.Pp
Options:
.Bl -tag -width flag
.It Fl s
Trims off any domain information from the printed
name.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr gethostname 2
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm hostname
command appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
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d9d7a9f0 CL	8	.Dd
	9	.Dt HOSTNAME 1
	10	.Os BSD 4.2
	11	.Sh NAME
	12	.Nm hostname
	13	.Nd set or print name of current host system
	14	.Sh SYNOPSIS
	15	.Nm hostname
	16	.Op Fl s
	17	.Op Ar nameofhost
	18	.Sh DESCRIPTION
	19	.Nm Hostname
	20	prints the name of the current host. The super-user can
ed77ebd8	21	set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the
d9d7a9f0 CL	22	network initialization script
	23	.Pa /etc/netstart ,
	24	normally run at boot
	25	time.
	26	.Pp
	27	Options:
28c11414 CL	28	.Bl -tag -width flag
28c11414 CL	29	.It Fl s
d9d7a9f0	30	Trims off any domain information from the printed
ed77ebd8	31	name.
28c11414	32	.El
d9d7a9f0	33	.Sh SEE ALSO
5325ced3	34	.Xr gethostname 2
d9d7a9f0	35	.Sh HISTORY
28c11414 CL	36	The
	37	.Nm hostname
	38	command appeared in
	39	.Bx 4.2 .