bsd man page for hostname

HOSTNAME(1)						      General Commands Manual						       HOSTNAME(1)

NAME
       hostname - set or print name of current host system

SYNOPSIS
       hostname [ -s ] [ nameofhost ]

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 , normally run at boot time.

       Options:

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

SEE ALSO
       gethostname(2), sethostname(2)

HISTORY
       The hostname command appeared in BSD 4.2 .

								 January 29, 1995						       HOSTNAME(1)