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difference between hostname and uname -n

Hi,

What is difference between

Quote:

HOSTNAME

and

Quote:

uname -n

and relation with kernel parameter such as

Quote:

uname_eoverflow and expanded_node_host_names

in HP -UNIX 11.31

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HOSTNAME in capital letters is a variable called HOSTNAME

uname -n is the command uname passed with parameter -n (for name)

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