HOSTNAME(1)                OpenBSD Reference Manual                HOSTNAME(1)

NAME
     hostname - set or print name of current host system



SYNOPSIS
     hostname [-s] [name-of-host]

DESCRIPTION
     The hostname utility prints the name of the current host.  The super-user
     can set the host name by supplying a /etc/myname file. This is used at
     system boot time by /etc/rc(8) to initialize the hostname.

     The options are as follows:

     -s    Trims off any domain information from the printed name.

SEE ALSO
     domainname(1),  gethostname(3),  sethostname(3)

HISTORY
     The hostname utility appeared in 4.2BSD.

OpenBSD 2.6                     April 28, 1995                               1