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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man7/hostname.7 3.html b/static/freebsd/man7/hostname.7 3.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9249469a --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man7/hostname.7 3.html @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<table class="head"> + <tr> + <td class="head-ltitle">HOSTNAME(7)</td> + <td class="head-vol">Miscellaneous Information Manual</td> + <td class="head-rtitle">HOSTNAME(7)</td> + </tr> +</table> +<div class="manual-text"> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">hostname</code> — <span class="Nd">host + name resolution description</span></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">Hostnames are domains, where a domain is a hierarchical, + dot-separated list of subdomains; for example, the machine monet, in the + Berkeley subdomain of the EDU subdomain of the Internet would be represented + as</p> +<p class="Pp"></p> +<div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">monet.Berkeley.EDU</code></div> +<p class="Pp">(with no trailing dot).</p> +<p class="Pp">Hostnames are often used with network client and server programs, + which must generally translate the name to an address for use. (This + function is generally performed by the library routine + <a class="Xr">gethostbyname(3)</a>.) Hostnames are resolved by the Internet + name resolver in the following fashion.</p> +<p class="Pp">If the name consists of a single component, i.e., contains no dot, + and if the environment variable + “<code class="Ev">HOSTALIASES</code>” is set to the name of a + file, that file is searched for any string matching the input hostname. The + file should consist of lines made up of two white-space separated strings, + the first of which is the hostname alias, and the second of which is the + complete hostname to be substituted for that alias. If a case-insensitive + match is found between the hostname to be resolved and the first field of a + line in the file, the substituted name is looked up with no further + processing.</p> +<p class="Pp">If the input name ends with a trailing dot, the trailing dot is + removed, and the remaining name is looked up with no further processing.</p> +<p class="Pp">If the input name does not end with a trailing dot, it is looked + up by searching through a list of domains until a match is found. The + default search list includes first the local domain, then its parent domains + with at least 2 name components (longest first). For example, in the domain + CS.Berkeley.EDU, the name lithium.CChem will be checked first as + lithium.CChem.CS.Berkeley.EDU and then as lithium.CChem.Berkeley.EDU. + Lithium.CChem.EDU will not be tried, as there is only one component + remaining from the local domain. The search path can be changed from the + default by a system-wide configuration file (see + <a class="Xr">resolver(5)</a>).</p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE + ALSO</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">gethostbyname(3)</a>, + <a class="Xr">resolver(5)</a></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">Hostname</code> appeared in + <span class="Ux">4.2BSD</span>.</p> +</section> +</div> +<table class="foot"> + <tr> + <td class="foot-date">December 25, 2013</td> + <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> + </tr> +</table> |