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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man3/gethostname.3 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man3/gethostname.3 b/static/netbsd/man3/gethostname.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..610b1a8a --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man3/gethostname.3 @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: gethostname.3,v 1.18 2015/09/03 04:05:38 jnemeth Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)gethostname.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd September 2, 2015 +.Dt GETHOSTNAME 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm gethostname , +.Nm sethostname +.Nd get/set name of current host +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In unistd.h +.Ft int +.Fn gethostname "char *name" "size_t namelen" +.Ft int +.Fn sethostname "const char *name" "size_t namelen" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn gethostname +returns the standard host name for the current machine, as +previously set by +.Fn sethostname . +The parameter +.Fa namelen +specifies the size of the +.Fa name +array. +The returned name is null-terminated unless insufficient +space is provided. +.Pp +.Fn sethostname +sets the name of the host machine to be +.Fa name , +which has length +.Fa namelen . +This call is restricted to the super-user and +is normally used only when the system is bootstrapped. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If the call succeeds a value of 0 is returned. +If the call fails, a value of \-1 is returned and an error code is +placed in the global location +.Va errno . +.Sh ERRORS +If the +.Fn gethostname +or +.Fn sethostname +functions fail, +they will set +.Va errno +for any of the errors specified for the routine +.Xr sysctl 3 . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr gethostid 3 , +.Xr sysctl 3 , +.Xr sysctl 8 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn gethostname +function conforms to +.St -xpg4.2 . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +function call appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . +.Sh BUGS +Host names are limited to +.Dv MAXHOSTNAMELEN +(from +.Ao Pa sys/param.h Ac ) +characters including null-termination, currently 256. |
