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GETHOSTNAME(3P)		   POSIX Programmer's Manual	       GETHOSTNAME(3P)

PROLOG
       This  manual  page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux
       implementation of this interface may differ (consult the	 corresponding
       Linux  manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may
       not be implemented on Linux.

NAME
       gethostname - get name of current host

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int gethostname(char *name, size_t namelen);

DESCRIPTION
       The gethostname() function shall return the standard host name for  the
       current	machine.  The  namelen	argument shall specify the size of the
       array pointed to by the name argument.	The  returned  name  shall  be
       null-terminated,	 except	 that  if namelen is an insufficient length to
       hold the host name, then the returned name shall be truncated and it is
       unspecified whether the returned name is null-terminated.

       Host names are limited to {HOST_NAME_MAX} bytes.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned; otherwise, -1 shall be
       returned.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       gethostid(),    uname(),	   the	  Base	  Definitions	 volume	    of
       IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <unistd.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions	 of  this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       --  Portable  Operating	System	Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003	by  the	 Institute  of
       Electrical  and	Electronics  Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
       The  Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
       is the referee document. The original Standard can be  obtained	online
       at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE/The Open Group		     2003		       GETHOSTNAME(3P)
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