On IRIX the /usr/bsd/hostname command supports a "-s" option that makes
it return the simple (no domain) version of the host name:
orchietta 15> hostname
orchietta.hudson.sgi.com
orchietta 16> hostname -s
orchietta
It would be nice if the GNU sh-utils hostname also dealt with this
option, as currently some scripts that are sloppy with the PATH settings
break with messages like this:
hostname: cannot set hostname to `-s': Operation not permitted
Naturally such scripts are wrong, but still...
Thanks,
David
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David KAELBLING <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
1 Cabot Rd, suite 250; Hudson, MA 01749 978.562.8857, fax .7450
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