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3758 RFE: Would like "hostname -s"
3430 Support "hostname --fqdn"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1992, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+\." Copyright 2016 RackTop Systems.
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-.TH HOSTNAME 1 "Sep 14, 1992"
+.TH HOSTNAME 1 "May 11, 2016"
.SH NAME
hostname \- set or print name of current host system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
-\fB/usr/bin/hostname\fR [\fIname-of-host\fR]
+\fB/usr/bin/hostname\fR [\fI-fls\fR | \fIname-of-host\fR]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBhostname\fR command prints the name of the current host, as given before
the \fBlogin\fR prompt. The super-user can set the hostname by giving an
argument.
+.sp
+.SH OPTIONS
+.sp
+For compatibility long arguments are also supported.
+.sp
+.LP
+\fB-f, --fqdn\fR print out the FQDN (fully qualified domain name).
+.sp
+\fB-l, --long\fR alias for \fB-f, --fqdn\fR.
+.sp
+\fB-s, --short\fR strip domain information from hostname.
+.sp
+.LP
+The \fBhostname\fR command cannot be used to set the fqdn, long or short name.
+.sp
.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBuname\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5)