.TH GETHOSTNAME 2 "12 February 1983"
gethostname, sethostname \- get/set name of current host
gethostname(name, namelen)
sethostname(name, namelen)
returns the standard host name for the current processor, as
specifies the size of the
array. The returned name is null-terminated unless insufficient
sets the name of the host machine to be
This call is restricted to the super-user and
is normally used only when the system is bootstrapped.
If the call succeeds a value of 0 is returned. If the call
fails, then a value of \-1 is returned and an error code is
placed int the global location \fIerrno\fP.
The following errors may be returned by these calls:
The \fIname\fP or \fInamelen\fP parameter gave an
The caller was not the super-user.
Host names are limited to 255 characters.