NAME

hostname − set or print name of current host system

SYNOPSIS

hostname [ nameofhost ]

DESCRIPTION

The hostname command prints the name of the current host, as given in the uname system call.  The super-user can set the hostname by giving an argument; this is usually done in the startup script /etc/rc. 

AUTHOR

Hostname was developed by the University of California, Berkeley California, Computer Science Division, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. 

SEE ALSO

uname(1), gethostname(2), sethostname(2), uname(2). 

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