HOSTNAME(1) BSD General Commands Manual HOSTNAME(1)

NAME
     hhoossttnnaammee - set or print name of current host system

SYNOPSIS
     hhoossttnnaammee [-ss] [name-of-host]

DESCRIPTION
     The hhoossttnnaammee utility prints the name of the current host.  The super-user
     can set the hostname by supplying an argument.

     Options:

     -ss    Trim off any domain information from the printed name.

SEE ALSO
     gethostname(3)

HISTORY     The hhoossttnnaammee command appeared in 4.2BSD.

BSD                             April 28, 1995                             BSD