


Sys::Hostname(3p)Perl Programmers Reference GuidSys::Hostname(3p)


NAME
       Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname

SYNOPSIS
           use Sys::Hostname;
           $host = hostname;


DESCRIPTION
       Attempts several methods of getting the system hostname
       and then caches the result.  It tries
       syscall(SYS_gethostname), `hostname`, `uname -n`, and the
       file /com/host.  If all that fails it croaks.

       All nulls, returns, and newlines are removed from the
       result.

AUTHOR
       David Sundstrom <sunds@asictest.sc.ti.com>

       Texas Instruments




































30/Nov/1997            perl 5.005, patch 03                     1


