RFE: hostname -s

David Kaelbling <[email protected]> Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:54:53 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.sh-utils.bugs
Organization	Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On IRIX the /usr/bsd/hostname command supports a "-s" option that makes
it return the simple (no domain) version of the host name:

	orchietta 15> hostname
	orchietta.hudson.sgi.com

	orchietta 16> hostname -s
	orchietta

It would be nice if the GNU sh-utils hostname also dealt with this
option, as currently some scripts that are sloppy with the PATH settings
break with messages like this:

	hostname: cannot set hostname to `-s': Operation not permitted

Naturally such scripts are wrong, but still...

	Thanks,
	David

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David KAELBLING <[email protected]>	    Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
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