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NAME
       gethostname — get name of current host


SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int gethostname(char *name, size_t namelen);


DESCRIPTION
       The  gethostname()  function  shall return the standard host name for the current machine.
       The namelen argument shall specify the size of the array pointed to by the name  argument.
       The  returned  name  shall  be  null-terminated, except that if namelen is an insufficient
       length to hold the host name, then  the  returned  name  shall  be  truncated  and  it  is
       unspecified whether the returned name is null-terminated.

       Host names are limited to {HOST_NAME_MAX} bytes.


RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned; otherwise, −1 shall be returned.


ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.


EXAMPLES
       None.


APPLICATION USAGE
       None.


RATIONALE
       None.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.


SEE ALSO
       gethostid(), uname()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <unistd.h>


COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this  text  are  reprinted  and  reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
       1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System
       Interface  (POSIX),  The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc  and  The  Open  Group.   (This  is
       POSIX.1-2008  with  the  2013  Technical  Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the  event of any
       discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open  Group  Standard,  the
       original  IEEE  and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard
       can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most  likely  to  have
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