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HOSTNAME(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual HOSTNAME(1)

NAME
hostname -- set or print name of current host system

SYNOPSIS
hostname [-s] [name-of-host]

DESCRIPTION
The hostname utility 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 /etc/rc.d/hostname, normally run at
boot time. This script uses the hostname variable in /etc/rc.conf.

Options:

-s Trim off any domain information from the printed name.

SEE ALSO
gethostname(3), rc.conf(5)

HISTORY
The hostname command appeared in 4.2BSD.

FreeBSD 6.2 April 18, 2005 FreeBSD 6.2

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