1.\" $OpenBSD: hostname.1,v 1.21 2011/01/24 19:58:32 jmc Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: hostname.1,v 1.11 1995/09/07 06:28:39 jtc Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1988, 1990, 1993 5.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 16.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 17.\" without specific prior written permission. 18.\" 19.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 20.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 21.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 22.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 23.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 24.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 25.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 26.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 27.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 28.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 29.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.\" @(#)hostname.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95 32.\" 33.Dd $Mdocdate: January 24 2011 $ 34.Dt HOSTNAME 1 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm hostname 38.Nd set or print name of current host system 39.Sh SYNOPSIS 40.Nm hostname 41.Op Fl s 42.Op Ar name-of-host 43.Sh DESCRIPTION 44The 45.Nm 46utility is used to set or print the name of the current host. 47If no argument is given, 48the name of the current host is printed. 49.Pp 50The host name can be set by the superuser either by specifying 51.Ar name-of-host , 52or by supplying a 53.Xr myname 5 54file, 55which is used at system boot time by 56.Xr netstart 8 57to initialize the hostname. 58.Pp 59The options are as follows: 60.Bl -tag -width Ds 61.It Fl s 62Trims off any domain information from the printed 63name. 64.El 65.Sh SEE ALSO 66.Xr domainname 1 , 67.Xr gethostname 3 , 68.Xr myname 5 , 69.Xr hostname 7 , 70.Xr netstart 8 71.Sh HISTORY 72The 73.Nm 74utility appeared in 75.Bx 4.2 . 76