Re: /bin/hostname on Debian
On 2008-08-25 11:20:58 -0700, Vwaju wrote:
> According to man hostname
> /bin/hostname -F <filename>
> will "read the hostname from the specified file".
> If you
> /bin/hostname -F <empty file>
> and then
> /bin/hostname --fqdn
> it fails (it's not getting the FQDN from /etc hosts!)
Well, the -F option has the effect to set the hostname. So, it is
normal that it fails (I don't really understand your example).
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