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1.1       root        1: .TH GETHOSTNAME 2 "12 February 1983"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: gethostname, sethostname \- get/set name of current host
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .nf
                      7: .ft B
                      8: gethostname(name, namelen)
                      9: char *name;
                     10: int namelen;
                     11: .PP
                     12: .ft B
                     13: sethostname(name, namelen)
                     14: char *name;
                     15: int namelen;
                     16: .fi
                     17: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     18: .I Gethostname
                     19: returns the standard host name for the current processor, as
                     20: previously set by
                     21: .IR sethostname . 
                     22: The parameter
                     23: .I namelen
                     24: specifies the size of the 
                     25: .I name
                     26: array.  The returned name is null-terminated unless insufficient
                     27: space is provided.
                     28: .PP
                     29: .I Sethostname
                     30: sets the name of the host machine to be
                     31: .IR name ,
                     32: which has length
                     33: .IR namelen .
                     34: This call is restricted to the super-user and
                     35: is normally used only when the system is bootstrapped.
                     36: .SH "RETURN VALUE
                     37: If the call succeeds a value of 0 is returned.  If the call
                     38: fails, then a value of \-1 is returned and an error code is
                     39: placed int the global location \fIerrno\fP.
                     40: .SH "ERRORS
                     41: The following errors may be returned by these calls:
                     42: .TP 15
                     43: [EFAULT]
                     44: The \fIname\fP or \fInamelen\fP parameter gave an
                     45: invalid address.
                     46: .TP 15
                     47: [EPERM]
                     48: The caller was not the super-user.
                     49: .SH SEE ALSO
                     50: gethostid(2)
                     51: .SH BUGS
                     52: Host names are limited to 255 characters.

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