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diff --git a/misc-utils/README.hostname b/misc-utils/README.hostname deleted file mode 100644 index 1e82b8cfe..000000000 --- a/misc-utils/README.hostname +++ /dev/null @@ -1,29 +0,0 @@ - -You may ask "Why another version of the hostname command?". The answer is -simple. A lot of people misuse the domainname command to get the DNS domain -name. Since the domainname command should ONLY be used to set/show the NIS -domain name (formerly known as Yellow Pages) there was no easy way to get -the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) or the DNS domainname from within a -shell script. - -This hostname command offers you some additional features: - -- show the FQDN (long host name) -- show the short host name -- show the DNS domain name -- read the host name from file - -For further informations simply type "hostname --help" or read the manual -page. - -If the program is called as dnsdomainname it will simply show the DNS domain -name. - -If you ONLY use the loopback mode you can only use the normal features -(set/show the host name) since you probably don't have a FQDN (Fully Qualified -Domain Name) in the /etc/hosts file. You can change this by either using -the dummy device or by changing the localhost line in /etc/hosts to -something like this (it will use localhost as an alias name): - -127.0.0.1 erdos.maths.groucho.edu localhost erdos - |