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1 /* xgethostname.c -- return current hostname with unlimited length
2 Copyright (C) 1992, 1996, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
18 /* written by Jim Meyering */
20 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
21 # include <config.h>
22 #endif
24 #include <sys/types.h>
26 #include <errno.h>
27 #ifndef errno
28 extern int errno;
29 #endif
31 #include "error.h"
32 #include "xalloc.h"
34 #ifndef ENAMETOOLONG
35 # define ENAMETOOLONG 9999
36 #endif
38 #ifndef EXIT_FAILURE
39 # define EXIT_FAILURE 1
40 #endif
42 int gethostname ();
44 #ifndef INITIAL_HOSTNAME_LENGTH
45 # define INITIAL_HOSTNAME_LENGTH 34
46 #endif
48 char *
49 xgethostname ()
51 char *hostname;
52 size_t size;
54 size = INITIAL_HOSTNAME_LENGTH;
55 /* Use size + 1 here rather than size to work around the bug
56 in SunOS5.5's gethostname whereby it NUL-terminates HOSTNAME
57 even when the name is longer than the supplied buffer. */
58 hostname = xmalloc (size + 1);
59 while (1)
61 int k = size - 1;
62 int err;
64 errno = 0;
65 hostname[k] = '\0';
66 err = gethostname (hostname, size);
67 if (err >= 0 && hostname[k] == '\0')
68 break;
69 else if (err < 0 && errno != ENAMETOOLONG && errno != 0)
70 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "gethostname");
71 size *= 2;
72 hostname = xrealloc (hostname, size + 1);
75 return hostname;