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31.Dd April 28, 1995
32.Dt HOSTNAME 1
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm hostname
36.Nd set or print name of current host system
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl s
40.Op Ar name-of-host
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44utility prints the name of the current host.  The super-user can
45set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the
46network initialization script
47.Pa /etc/rc.network ,
48normally run at boot
49time.
50This script uses the
51.Va hostname
52variable in
53.Pa /etc/rc.conf .
54.Pp
55Options:
56.Bl -tag -width flag
57.It Fl s
58Trim off any domain information from the printed
59name.
60.El
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr gethostname 3 ,
63.Xr rc.conf 5
64.Sh HISTORY
65The
66.Nm
67command appeared in
68.Bx 4.2 .
69