GETHOSTNAME(3)      UNIX Programmer's Manual       GETHOSTNAME(3)

NAME
     gethostname - get name of current host

SYNOPSIS
     gethostname(name, namelen)
     char *name;
     int namelen;

DESCRIPTION
     _G_e_t_h_o_s_t_n_a_m_e returns the standard host name for the current
     processor, as previously set by _h_o_s_t_n_a_m_e(1).  The parameter
     _n_a_m_e_l_e_n specifies the size of the _n_a_m_e array.  The name is
     not necessarily null-terminated.

FILES
     /etc/localhostname  file containing name of local host

RETURN VALUE
     If the call succeeds a value of 0 is returned.  If the call
     fails, then a value of -1 is returned and an error code is
     placed int the global location _e_r_r_n_o.

SEE ALSO
     hostname(1)

BUGS
     This is a C library simulation of the VMUNIX _g_e_t_h_o_s_t_n_a_m_e
     system call.  It may not necessarily exactly duplicate its
     counterpart.

     Host names are limited in length.

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