.TH GETHOSTNAME 3
.UC
.SH NAME
gethostname \- get name of current host
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
gethostname(name, namelen)
char *name;
int namelen;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Gethostname
returns the standard host name for the current processor, as
previously set by
.IR hostname (1). 
The parameter
.I namelen
specifies the size of the 
.I name
array.  The name is not necessarily null-terminated.
.SH FILES
.ta 2i
/etc/localhostname	file containing name of local host
.SH "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 \fIerrno\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
hostname(1)
.SH BUGS
This is a C library simulation of the VMUNIX
.I gethostname
system call.  It may not necessarily exactly duplicate
its counterpart.
.PP
Host names are limited in length.