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37 lines
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--- net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/hostname.1.gethostbyname 2005-10-14 11:33:41.000000000 +0200
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+++ net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/hostname.1 2005-10-15 11:46:14.646697600 +0200
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@@ -99,6 +99,33 @@
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complete FQDN of the system is returned with
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.BR "hostname \-\-fqdn" .
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+.LP
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+The function
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+.BR gethostname(2)
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+is used to get the hostname. When the
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+.BR "hostname \-a, \-d, \-f or \-i"
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+is called will
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+.BR gethostbyname(3)
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+be called. The difference in
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+.BR gethostname(2)
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+and
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+.BR gethostbyname(3)
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+is that
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+.BR gethostbyname(3)
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+is network aware, so it consults
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+.IR /etc/nsswitch.conf
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+and
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+.IR /etc/host.conf
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+to decide whether to read information in
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+.IR /etc/sysconfig/network
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+or
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+.IR /etc/hosts
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+
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+To add another dimension to this,
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+the
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+.B hostname
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+is also set when the network interface is brought up.
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+
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.SS "SET NAME"
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When called with one argument or with the
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.B \-\-file
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