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32.Dd July 19, 2013
33.Dt HOSTNAME 1
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm hostname
37.Nd set or print name of current host system
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl AadfIis
41.Op Ar name-of-host
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Nm
44prints the name of the current host.
45The super-user can set the host name by supplying an argument; this is
46usually done in the network initialization script
47.Pa /etc/rc.d/network ,
48normally run at boot
49time.
50.Pp
51Options:
52.Bl -tag -width flag
53.It Fl A
54Display the FQDN of each address on all interfaces.
55.It Fl a
56Display alias name(s) of the host.
57.It Fl d
58Display the DNS domain.
59.It Fl f
60Display the FQDN for the hostname.
61.It Fl I
62Display each IP address on all interfaces.
63.It Fl i
64Display the IP address(es) for the hostname.
65.It Fl s
66Display the short hostname.
67.El
68.Sh NOTES
69With the exception of
70.Fl I
71and
72.Fl s ,
73the other options will retrieve their results from the resolver.
74.Sh SEE ALSO
75.Xr domainname 1 ,
76.Xr getaddrinfo 3 ,
77.Xr gethostbyname 3 ,
78.Xr gethostname 3 ,
79.Xr getifaddrs 3 ,
80.Xr getnameinfo 3 ,
81.Xr sethostname 3 ,
82.Xr hosts 5
83.Sh HISTORY
84The
85.Nm
86utility appeared in
87.Bx 4.2 .
88