gethostname(2)							System Calls Manual						    gethostname(2)

NAME

       gethostname - Gets the name of the local host

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>

       int gethostname (      char *name,      size_t namelen );

       The following definition of the gethostname() function does not conform to current standards and is supported only for backward compatibil-
       ity:

       #include <unistd.h>

       int gethostname (      char *name,      int name_len );

STANDARDS

       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       gethostname():  XNS4.0

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS

       Specifies the address of an array of bytes where the host name is stored.  Specifies the length of the array pointed to by the name parame-
       ter.

DESCRIPTION

       The  gethostname()  function retrieves the host name of the local host as it is configured on the system.  If a fully-qualified domain name
       is configured as the host name, that name is returned.  If sufficient space is provided, the returned name is null-terminated.

       System host names are limited to MAXHOSTNAMELEN as defined in the /usr/include/sys/param.h file.

       The gethostname() function allows a calling process to determine the internal host name for a machine on a network.

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful completion, a value of 0 (zero) is returned.  Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned.

       If the version of gethostname() provided for backward compatibility returns a -1, errno is also set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       If the gethostname() function provided for backward compatibility fails, errno may be set to the following value: The address parameter	or
       address_len parameter gives an invalid address.

RELATED INFORMATION

       Functions: gethostid(2), sethostid(2), sethostname(2)

       Standards: standards(5) delim off

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