Net::Domain(3pm)

Net::Domain3pm

Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and domain

Usage

    use Net::Domain qw(hostname hostfqdn hostdomain);

Overview

Using various methods attempt to find the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the current host. From this determine the host-name and the host-domain.

Each of the functions will return undef if the FQDN cannot be determined.

hostfqdn ()

Identify and return the FQDN of the current host.

hostname ()

Returns the smallest part of the FQDN which can be used to identify the host.

hostdomain ()

Returns the remainder of the FQDN after the hostname has been removed.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 1.2 (Rex); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 1.2
  2. 1.3
  3. 2.0
  4. 2.1
  5. 2.2
  6. 3.0
  7. 3.1

Author

Graham Barr <[email protected]>. Adapted from Sys::Hostname by David Sundstrom <[email protected]>

From libnet-perl 1:1.19-1 in Debian 3.1 (Sarge). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.