On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Sergey Spiridonov wrote:
> I found out, that $HOSTNAME is not exported by default in latest unstable:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $HOSTNAME
> mars
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ env | grep HOSTNAME
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
>
> Is it a bug?
It might be a change in behavior, but I woudn't call it a bug. $HOSTNAME
seems to be a bash-specific variable. I use zsh, and I used to use tcsh,
and neither of them have it (zsh has a similar $HOST, though). I don't
think $HOSTNAME is considered a "standard" environment variable.
You could export $HOSTNAME manually from something like .profile, I
suppose. You might also just use /bin/hostname, or /bin/uname -n.
- Aaron
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