jim@tiamat.fsc.com (Jim O'Connor) (01/17/90)
Is there a system call or library function that is supposed to return the name of the current host, complete with the domain attached? I'm a little confused, since when I set up TCP/IP on a Xenix machine, the installation scripts created the command "hostname tiamat.fsc.com" in the TCP/IP startup file, so using "hostname" or "gethostname()" returns the whole thing, and I can always use "uanme" to get just the host name with out the domain part. However, when I installed TCP/IP on our HP 9000 Model 815 machine, the installation created the command "hostname guinan" in the TCP/IP start up file. So, on guinan, I don't get the domain name with "gethostname". Which way is "right"? Is there a "right" way? Thanks for any help. ------------- James B. O'Connor jim@tiamat.fsc.com Ahlstrom Filtration, Inc. 615/821-4022 x. 651 *** Altos users unite! mail to "info-altos-request@tiamat.fsc.com" ***