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Re: fixing Sys::Hostname

From:
Tom Christiansen
Date:
February 7, 2000 13:07
Subject:
Re: fixing Sys::Hostname
Message ID:
14649.949957623@chthon
>Suppose I'm behind a temporary-IP-assigned SLIP dialup.  I have
>$ENV{HOSTNAME} set to some internal-use-only value which means nothing
>to the outside world.  What would gethostname() do?

% man gethostname

--tom



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