freebsd-nq/contrib/perl5/lib/hostname.pl
2000-06-25 11:04:01 +00:00

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Perl

# From: asherman@fmrco.com (Aaron Sherman)
#
# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
#
# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
# programming techniques.
#
# Suggested alternative: Sys::Hostname
#
sub hostname
{
local(*P,@tmp,$hostname,$_);
if (open(P,"hostname 2>&1 |") && (@tmp = <P>) && close(P))
{
chop($hostname = $tmp[$#tmp]);
}
elsif (open(P,"uname -n 2>&1 |") && (@tmp = <P>) && close(P))
{
chop($hostname = $tmp[$#tmp]);
}
else
{
die "$0: Cannot get hostname from 'hostname' or 'uname -n'\n";
}
@tmp = ();
close P; # Just in case we failed in an odd spot....
$hostname;
}
1;