>I am building up a filename in a C program. I would like to
>include the host name (computer name) of the machine that the
>script runs on. The script will be run on many different (all
>same OS and
>version) machines, so the host name will change depending on
>which machine the script is executed on.
>
>There is a DOS command "hostname" that returns the host name
>to the screen.
>
>I have tried using it directly in my C program with no
>success. My program thinks that hostname is a variable and
>stops because it has not been declared. I have also tried
>using hostname as the argument for the system command ->
>system(hostname).
>This also does not work.
>
>I am able to use the DOS command, mkdir, directly in my
>program. I was hoping to be able to do the same with hostname.
>
>I would like to capture the host name in a string variable in
>my script.
What is your definition of a computer's hostname? It's TCP/IP address
converted into a hostname according to a DNS or hosts lookup? The
NETBIOS name? NetBEUI? AppleTalk? IPX/SPX? Netware? Something else
entirely? What if it has more than one name or address (on any of the
network protocols I've mentioned) or protocol available?
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