


Net::Domain(3p)  Perl Programmers Reference Guide Net::Domain(3p)


NAME
       Net::Domain - Attempt to evaluate the current host's
       internet name and domain

SYNOPSIS
           use Net::Domain qw(hostname hostfqdn hostdomain domainname);

DESCRIPTION
       Using various methods attempt to find the Fully Qualified
       Domain Name (FQDN) of the current host. From this
       determine the host-name and the host-domain.

       Each of the functions will return undef if the FQDN cannot
       be determined.

       hostfqdn ()
           Identify and return the FQDN of the current host.

       domainname ()
           An alias for hostfqdn ().

       hostname ()
           Returns the smallest part of the FQDN which can be
           used to identify the host.

       hostdomain ()
           Returns the remainder of the FQDN after the hostname
           has been removed.

AUTHOR
       Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>.  Adapted from Sys::Hostname
       by David Sundstrom <sunds@asictest.sc.ti.com>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Graham Barr. All rights reserved.
       This program is free software; you can redistribute it
       and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.




















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