.\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. .\" .\" @(#)hostname.1 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% .\" .TH HOSTNAME 1 "" .UC 5 .SH NAME hostname \- set or print name of current host system .SH SYNOPSIS .B hostname [ nameofhost ] .SH DESCRIPTION The .I hostname command prints the name of the current host, as given before the ``login'' prompt. The super-user can set the hostname by giving an argument; this is usually done in the startup script /etc/rc.local. .SH SEE ALSO gethostname(2), sethostname(2)