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30 .\" @(#)gethostname.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
38 .Nd get/set name of current host
44 .Fn gethostname "char *name" "size_t namelen"
46 .Fn sethostname "const char *name" "size_t namelen"
49 returns the standard host name for the current processor, as
54 specifies the size of the
57 The returned name is null-terminated unless insufficient
61 sets the name of the host machine to be
65 This call is restricted to the super-user and
66 is normally used only when the system is bootstrapped.
68 If the call succeeds a value of 0 is returned.
69 If the call fails, a value of \-1 is returned and an error code is
70 placed in the global location
80 for any of the errors specified for the routine
94 function call appeared in
97 Host names are limited to
100 .Ao Pa sys/param.h Ac )
101 characters including null-termination, currently 256.