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common way of setting the hostname. The man page already mentioned that the hostname is set by /etc/rc.network, so this just explains where /etc/rc.network gets the hostname from. PR: docs/14319 Submitted by: rwatson Reviewed by: cmc
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.\" @(#)hostname.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd April 28, 1995
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.Dt HOSTNAME 1
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.Os BSD 4.2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm hostname
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.Nd set or print name of current host system
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm hostname
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.Op Fl s
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.Op Ar name-of-host
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Hostname
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prints the name of the current host. The super-user can
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set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the
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network initialization script
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.Pa /etc/rc.network ,
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normally run at boot
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time.
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This script uses the
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.Va hostname
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variable in
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf .
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.Pp
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Options:
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.Bl -tag -width flag
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.It Fl s
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Trim off any domain information from the printed
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name.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr gethostname 3 ,
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.Xr rc.conf 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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