NAME

Net::Domain - Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and domain

SYNOPSIS

    use Net::Domain qw(hostname hostfqdn hostdomain);

DESCRIPTION

Using various methods attempt to find the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the current host. From this determine the host-name and the host-domain.

Each of the functions will return undef if the FQDN cannot be determined.

• hostfqdn ()

Identify and return the FQDN of the current host.

• hostname ()

Returns the smallest part of the FQDN which can be used to identify the host.

• hostdomain ()

Returns the remainder of the FQDN after the hostname has been removed.

AUTHOR

Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. Adapted from Sys::Hostname by David Sundstrom <sunds@asictest.sc.ti.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

$Id: //depot/libnet/Net/Domain.pm#21 $