hostname man page on BSDi

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HOSTNAME(1)		     BSD Reference Manual		   HOSTNAME(1)

NAME
     hostname - set or print name of current host system

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

DESCRIPTION
     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 /etc/netstart, run at
     boot time.

     The following options are available:

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

SEE ALSO
     gethostname(3),  sethostname(3)

HISTORY
     The hostname command appeared in 4.2BSD.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution	April 28, 1995				     1

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