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From: wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (Wolfgang Rupprecht)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: host query
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Date: 6 Jan 89 19:04:43 GMT
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In article <1202@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> rkc@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (rkc) writes:
>I need to conditionally load a file in my .emacs file based on the
>name of the host I'm running on.  The code would look something like:
>(if (string= (hostname) "my_computer") 	(load
>"~/emacs/file.elc")) Unfortunately I can't find a function that
>returns the host's name.  Does anyone know what it is (or has anyone
>written such a function)?

try:
	(system-name)
	"mgm.mit.edu"

system-name:
Return the name of the machine you are running on, as a string.

-wolfgang
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