HOSTNAME(1) |
General Commands Manual |
HOSTNAME(1) |
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.
HISTORY
The hostname utility appeared in 4.2BSD.