Aleš Katona wrote: > If you want the value of $HOSTNAME, use unit SysUtils and > GetEnvironmentVariable('HOSTNAME'); > Hmm. This was the first thing that I tried. For some reason I get an empty string on my system (Ubuntu Gutsy). That's why I dug around and found the GetHostName function.
Any idea why GetEnvironmentVariable('HOSTNAME') doesn't work for me? 'echo $HOSTNAME' on the commandline works as expected. Malcolm _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus