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.\" @(#)hostname.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd April 28, 1995
.Dt HOSTNAME 1
.Os BSD 4.2
.Sh NAME
.Nm hostname
.Nd set or print name of current host system
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm hostname
.Op Fl s
.Op Ar name-of-host
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Hostname
prints the name of the current host. The super-user can
set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the
network initialization script
.Pa /etc/rc.network ,
normally run at boot
time.
This script uses the
.Va hostname
variable in
.Pa /etc/rc.conf .
.Pp
Options:
.Bl -tag -width flag
.It Fl s
Trim off any domain information from the printed
name.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr gethostname 3 ,
.Xr rc.conf 5
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
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