gethostname() get name of current host	Function
	SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION PARAMETERS RETURN VALUES CONFORMANCE MULTITHREAD SAFETY LEVEL PORTING ISSUES AVAILABILITY SEE ALSO

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SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int gethostname(const char *name, int namelen);

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DESCRIPTION

The gethostname() function gets the name of the current host.

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PARAMETERS

name 

Points to a buffer that is to receive the host name.

namelen 

Is the size of the buffer pointed to by name.

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RETURN VALUES

If successful, gethostname() returns 0. On failure, it returns -1 and sets errno to one of the following values.

EFAULT 

name is an invalid pointer.

ENETDOWN 

The network subsystem has failed.

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CONFORMANCE

4.4BSD.

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MULTITHREAD SAFETY LEVEL

MT-Safe.

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PORTING ISSUES

None.

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AVAILABILITY

MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers
MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers
MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers 64-Bit Edition

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SEE ALSO

Functions:

uname()

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