HOSTNAME(1) |
FreeBSD General Commands Manual |
HOSTNAME(1) |
NAME
hostname —
set or print name of current host system
SYNOPSIS
hostname |
[ -fs][ name-of-host] |
DESCRIPTION
The
hostname utility prints the name of the current host. The super-user can set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the initialization script
/etc/rc.d/hostname, normally run at boot time. This script uses the
hostname variable in
/etc/rc.conf.
Options:
-
-f
-
Include domain information in the printed name. This is the default behavior.
-
-s
-
Trim off any domain information from the printed name.
HISTORY
The
hostname command appeared in
4.2BSD.