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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 10, 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-d\fR | \fI-f\fR] [\fIdomain\fR | \fIhostname\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.
+With no arguments th \fBhostname\fR command prints the name of the current
+host, as given before the \fBlogin\fR prompt. If \fB-d\fR is passed the
+hostname command will instead print out the name of default domain, and if
+\fB-f\fR is passed the hostname will be fully-qualified.
+.sp
+The super-user can set the hostname (or domain name if \fB-d\fR is passed) by
+passing the new value as an additional argument. The FQDN (fully qualified
+domain name) cannot be set using the hostname command.
.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBuname\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5)