NAME

hostname —

SYNOPSIS

hostname

[ -f ] [ -s | -d ] [ name-of-host ]

DESCRIPTION

The hostname utility prints the name of the current host. The super-user can set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the initialization script /etc/rc.d/hostname, normally run at boot time. This script uses the hostname variable in /etc/rc.conf. Options:

-f

Include domain information in the printed name. This is the default behavior.

-s

Trim off any domain information from the printed name.

-d

Only print domain information.

SEE ALSO

gethostname(3), rc.conf(5)

HISTORY

The hostname command appeared in 4.2BSD.