Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pmafire!uudell!sequoia!execu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!xylogics!bu.edu!nntp-read!jbw From: jbw@bucsf.bu.edu (Joe Wells) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: adding gethostname to Perl Message-ID: Date: 21 Nov 90 05:29:15 GMT References: <10164@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: Boston University Computer Science Department Lines: 13 In-reply-to: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV's message of 30 Oct 90 01:26:32 GMT In article <10164@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes: I'm still resisting adding gethostname, since there doesn't seem to be a portable definition of what a host name actually is, where you derive it from and whether it contains the domain. Not to mention the business that gateways can have multiple names, one for each interface... Just think of this as your opportunity to set the standard. After all, if Perl does it that way it must be right ... -- Joe Wells