Sys::Hostname(3pm)

Sys::Hostname3pm

Try every conceivable way to get hostname

Usage

    use Sys::Hostname;
    $host = hostname;

Overview

Attempts several methods of getting the system hostname and then caches the result. It tries syscall(SYS_gethostname), `hostname`, `uname -n`, and the file /com/host. If all that fails it croaks.

All nulls, returns, and newlines are removed from the result.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 1.1
  2. 1.2–1.3
  3. 2.0
  4. 2.1
  5. 2.2

Author

David Sundstrom <[email protected]>

Texas Instruments

From perl-5.004-doc 5.004.05-6 in Debian 2.2 (Potato). Also shipped by perl-5.005-doc. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.