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NAME
hostname - set or print name of current host system
SYNOPSIS
- /usr/bin/hostname [name-of-host]
+ /usr/bin/hostname [-d | -f] [domain | hostname]
DESCRIPTION
- The hostname command prints the name of the current host, as given
- before the login prompt. The super-user can set the hostname by giving
- an argument.
+ With no arguments th hostname command prints the name of the current
+ host, as given before the login prompt. If -d is passed the hostname
+ command will instead print out the name of default domain, and if -f is
+ passed the hostname will be fully-qualified.
+
+ The super-user can set the hostname (or domain name if -d is passed) by
+ passing the new value as an additional argument. The FQDN (fully
+ qualified domain name) cannot be set using the hostname command.
SEE ALSO
uname(1), attributes(5)
- September 14, 1992 HOSTNAME(1)
+ May 10, 2016 HOSTNAME(1)