On Fri, 15 May 1998, Bob Hilliard wrote:
> > /etc/hostinfo file which contains names, ip addresses, and domain names
>
> This sounds worthwhile, if we can figure out how to make _all_
> programs use it. Where does /bin/hostname get the domain name when
> run with the -f or -d options? I recently changed my domain name, and
> had to edit at least 13 files. I don't know which one made hostname
> give the right answer.
Maybe a hostname.so -- require that programs call get_host_name() to
figure out what host this is. We could similarly support
get_domain_name() (or get_domain_names() for hosts with more than one),
get_mail_name(), etc ...
Will
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