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From: chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Use Domain In Hostname Or Not?
Message-ID: <22554@mimsy.umd.edu>
Date: 15 Feb 90 15:11:23 GMT
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In article <2929@decuac.DEC.COM> avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio)
writes:
>The fact is, the fully qualified domain name *is* the hostname.

Fred is right, as usual.

The reason you should set your host name to your FQDN is the same as
the reason you should write your own full name on any form letter or
credit-card application or survey or whatever.  Your first name or
your last name *might* be good enough; if you have a small community
it probably *will* be good enough; but it is not your full name.

I set my prompt with

	set hostname=`hostname | sed -e 's/\..*//'`
	...
	set prompt="[$hostname\!] "

and use $hostname whenever I want the abbreviated form.
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