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- /* A slightly more convenient wrapper for gethostname
-
- Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- Written by Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
- published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
- your option) any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
-
- #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
- #include <config.h>
- #endif
-
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <malloc.h>
- #include <string.h>
- #include <errno.h>
-
- /* Return the name of the localhost. This is just a wrapper for gethostname,
- which takes care of allocating a big enough buffer, and caches the result
- after the first call (so the result should be copied before modification).
- If something goes wrong, 0 is returned, and errno set. */
- char *
- localhost ()
- {
- static char *buf = 0;
- static size_t buf_len = 0;
-
- if (! buf)
- {
- do {
- errno = 0;
-
- if (buf) {
- buf_len += buf_len;
- buf = realloc (buf, buf_len);
- } else {
- buf_len = 128; /* Initial guess */
- buf = malloc (buf_len);
- }
-
- if (! buf)
- {
- errno = ENOMEM;
- return 0;
- }
- } while ((gethostname(buf, buf_len) == 0 && !memchr (buf, '\0', buf_len))
- || errno == ENAMETOOLONG);
-
- if (errno)
- /* gethostname failed, abort. */
- {
- free (buf);
- buf = 0;
- }
- }
-
- return buf;
- }
-