1.\" $OpenBSD: hostname.1,v 1.2 1996/06/23 14:20:11 deraadt 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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 16.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 17.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 18.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 19.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 20.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 21.\" without specific prior written permission. 22.\" 23.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 24.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 25.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 26.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 27.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 33.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 34.\" 35.\" @(#)hostname.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95 36.\" 37.Dd April 28, 1995 38.Dt HOSTNAME 1 39.Os BSD 4.2 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm hostname 42.Nd set or print name of current host system 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Nm hostname 45.Op Fl s 46.Op Ar name-of-host 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48.Nm Hostname 49prints the name of the current host. The super-user can 50set the host name by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the 51network initialization script 52.Pa /etc/netstart , 53normally run at boot 54time. 55.Pp 56Options: 57.Bl -tag -width flag 58.It Fl s 59Trims off any domain information from the printed 60name. 61.El 62.Sh SEE ALSO 63.Xr domainname 1 , 64.Xr gethostname 2 , 65.Xr sethostname 2 66.Sh HISTORY 67The 68.Nm hostname 69utility appeared in 70.Bx 4.2 . 71