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- package Sys::Hostname;
-
- use Carp;
- require Exporter;
- @ISA = qw(Exporter);
- @EXPORT = qw(hostname);
-
- =head1 NAME
-
- Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use Sys::Hostname;
- $host = hostname;
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- Attempts several methods of getting the system hostname and
- then caches the result. It tries C<syscall(SYS_gethostname)>,
- C<`hostname`>, C<`uname -n`>, and the file F</com/host>.
- If all that fails it C<croak>s.
-
- All nulls, returns, and newlines are removed from the result.
-
- =head1 AUTHOR
-
- David Sundstrom <sunds@asictest.sc.ti.com>
-
- Texas Instruments
-
- =cut
-
- sub hostname {
-
- # method 1 - we already know it
- return $host if defined $host;
-
- if ($^O eq 'VMS') {
-
- # method 2 - no sockets ==> return DECnet node name
- eval {gethostbyname('me')};
- if ($@) { return $host = $ENV{'SYS$NODE'}; }
-
- # method 3 - has someone else done the job already? It's common for the
- # TCP/IP stack to advertise the hostname via a logical name. (Are
- # there any other logicals which TCP/IP stacks use for the host name?)
- $host = $ENV{'ARPANET_HOST_NAME'} || $ENV{'INTERNET_HOST_NAME'} ||
- $ENV{'MULTINET_HOST_NAME'} || $ENV{'UCX$INET_HOST'} ||
- $ENV{'TCPWARE_DOMAINNAME'} || $ENV{'NEWS_ADDRESS'};
- return $host if $host;
-
- # method 4 - does hostname happen to work?
- my($rslt) = `hostname`;
- if ($rslt !~ /IVVERB/) { ($host) = $rslt =~ /^(\S+)/; }
- return $host if $host;
-
- # rats!
- $host = '';
- Carp::croak "Cannot get host name of local machine";
-
- }
- else { # Unix
-
- # method 2 - syscall is preferred since it avoids tainting problems
- eval {
- {
- package main;
- require "syscall.ph";
- }
- $host = "\0" x 65; ## preload scalar
- syscall(&main::SYS_gethostname, $host, 65) == 0;
- }
-
- # method 3 - trusty old hostname command
- || eval {
- $host = `(hostname) 2>/dev/null`; # bsdish
- }
-
- # method 4 - sysV uname command (may truncate)
- || eval {
- $host = `uname -n 2>/dev/null`; ## sysVish
- }
-
- # method 5 - Apollo pre-SR10
- || eval {
- ($host,$a,$b,$c,$d)=split(/[:\. ]/,`/com/host`,6);
- }
-
- # bummer
- || Carp::croak "Cannot get host name of local machine";
-
- # remove garbage
- $host =~ tr/\0\r\n//d;
- $host;
- }
- }
-
- 1;
-