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--- old/usr/src/man/man1/hostname.1.man.txt
+++ new/usr/src/man/man1/hostname.1.man.txt
1 1 HOSTNAME(1) User Commands HOSTNAME(1)
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5 NAME
6 6 hostname - set or print name of current host system
7 7
8 8 SYNOPSIS
9 - /usr/bin/hostname [name-of-host]
9 + /usr/bin/hostname [-d | -f] [domain | hostname]
10 10
11 11
12 12 DESCRIPTION
13 - The hostname command prints the name of the current host, as given
14 - before the login prompt. The super-user can set the hostname by giving
15 - an argument.
13 + With no arguments th hostname command prints the name of the current
14 + host, as given before the login prompt. If -d is passed the hostname
15 + command will instead print out the name of default domain, and if -f is
16 + passed the hostname will be fully-qualified.
17 +
18 + The super-user can set the hostname (or domain name if -d is passed) by
19 + passing the new value as an additional argument. The FQDN (fully
20 + qualified domain name) cannot be set using the hostname command.
16 21
17 22 SEE ALSO
18 23 uname(1), attributes(5)
19 24
20 25
21 26
22 - September 14, 1992 HOSTNAME(1)
27 + May 10, 2016 HOSTNAME(1)
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