1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1988, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)hostname.1 6.7 (Berkeley) 03/13/91 7.\" 8.Vx 9.Vx 10.Dd 11.Dt HOSTNAME 1 12.Os BSD 4.2 13.Sh NAME 14.Nm hostname 15.Nd set or print name of current host system 16.Sh SYNOPSIS 17.Nm hostname 18.Op Fl s 19.Op Ar nameofhost 20.Sh DESCRIPTION 21.Nm Hostname 22prints the name of the current host. The super-user can 23set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the 24network initialization script 25.Pa /etc/netstart , 26normally run at boot 27time. 28.Pp 29Options: 30.Tw Ds 31.Tp Fl s 32Trims off any domain information from the printed 33name. 34.Tp 35.Sh SEE ALSO 36.Xr gethostname 2 37.Sh HISTORY 38.Nm Hostname 39appeared in 4.2 BSD. 40