The computer name that hostname(1) returns is the one the Win32 API returns. I'm not sure if this can be looked upon as a bug as cygwin gets the computer-name from win32 syscalls and hostname(1) gets the name from cygwin... Are you sure your computer name isn't set in capitals? Are you using a dns suffix?
Elfyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric De Mund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 7:24 AM Subject: why is hostname(1) output in UPPERCASE? > Hello, > Why is hostname(1) output in UPPERCASE, when the native Windows 2000 > hostname.exe outputs lowercase? Is this something I've unwittingly > enabled? Regardless, shouldn't RFC 1178's suggestion be followed? (It > states, "convention dictates that computer names appear all lowercase.") > Or is this a sh-utils rather than a cygwin bug? > > Here's my current output: > > ead@COWBERRY ~ > $ hostname > COWBERRY > > ead@COWBERRY ~ > $ /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/hostname > cowberry > > ead@COWBERRY ~ > $ > > This is in a brand new and complete 2003.01.09 download and install of > cygwin on a Windows 2000 Professional SP2 machine (under both bash(1) > and zsh(1)). See the output of "cygcheck --sysinfo", below, if > necessary. > > Many thanks, > Eric > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
