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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:59:46 +0200
From: Ruben de Groot <mail23@bzerk.org>
To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de>
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Subject: Re: host and hostname
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:07:12AM +0200, Peter Ulrich Kruppa typed:
> On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Rommel B. Ikeda wrote:
> 
> > Hi...
> >
> > I am still a newbie...and practicing how to get use to FreeBSD and UNIX...
> >
> > I have a question:
> > Why is it when I invoke the command "host", this comes out "host not found,
> > try again".
> host selects information from the internet about registered
> domains, try
> # host freebsd.org
> 
> > But if I invoke the "hostname" command it displays my hostname and Domain...
> hostname reads your local /etc/rc.conf file.

Actually, it reads or sets sysctl kern.hostname

> > Can someone point me to some information about it aside from the man
> > pages...

What's wrong with the manpages? They are very clear on this subject.
If you want to get used to FreeBSD and Unix, get used to reading 
manpages.

Ruben

> > Thank you,
> >
> > Rommel B. Ikeda
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