Re: getting fqdn from gethostname on a hamm box

[Martin Schulze <joey@tapiola.Infodrom.North.DE>]

Alan Su wrote:
> when i call gethostname() on my hamm, it returns only the name of the
> machine, rather than a fqdn.  i distinctly remember that when i was
> running bo, i got a fqdn.  does anyone know how i can make it return
> the fqdn?  or is there another function i should be using?  thanks.
> 
> (btw, getdomainname() returns "(none)", which suggests to me that
> something else is going on here.  am i right?)

check /etc/hostname
check /usr/bin/hostname

If you want to write portable programs then you use gethostname() to
determine the hostname, check for a '.' and if it's not included you
use gethostbyname() to get the fqdn.  For an example, take a look at
the syslogd source.

Regards,

	Joey

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