HOSTNAME(1)                OpenBSD Reference Manual                HOSTNAME(1)

NAME
     hostname - set or print name of current host system

SYNOPSIS
     hostname [-s] [name-of-host]

DESCRIPTION
     The hostname utility is used to set or print the name of the current
     host.  If no argument is given, the name of the current host is printed.

     The host name can be set by the superuser either by specifying name-of-
     host, or by supplying a myname(5) file, which is used at system boot time
     by netstart(8) to initialize the hostname.

     The options are as follows:

     -s      Trims off any domain information from the printed name.

SEE ALSO
     domainname(1), gethostname(3), sethostname(3), myname(5), hostname(7),
     netstart(8)

HISTORY
     The hostname utility appeared in 4.2BSD.

OpenBSD 4.7                   September 10, 2009                             1
