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Revision: 1.1
Committed: Thu Jun 30 14:27:09 2005 UTC (21 years, 4 months ago) by root
Content type: text/plain
Branch: MAIN
CVS Tags: PERL-5-8-7, HEAD
Branch point for: PERL
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# User Rev Content
1 root 1.1 # From: asherman@fmrco.com (Aaron Sherman)
2     #
3     # This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4     # compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
5     #
6     # In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
7     # programming techniques.
8     #
9     # Suggested alternative: Sys::Hostname
10     #
11     sub hostname
12     {
13     local(*P,@tmp,$hostname,$_);
14     if (open(P,"hostname 2>&1 |") && (@tmp = <P>) && close(P))
15     {
16     chop($hostname = $tmp[$#tmp]);
17     }
18     elsif (open(P,"uname -n 2>&1 |") && (@tmp = <P>) && close(P))
19     {
20     chop($hostname = $tmp[$#tmp]);
21     }
22     else
23     {
24     die "$0: Cannot get hostname from 'hostname' or 'uname -n'\n";
25     }
26     @tmp = ();
27     close P; # Just in case we failed in an odd spot....
28     $hostname;
29     }
30    
31     1;