Net::Domain

Net::Domain(3)	     User Contributed Perl Documentation       Net::Domain(3)



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

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

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 deter-
       mined.

       hostfqdn ()
	   Identify and return the FQDN of the current host.

       domainname ()
	   An alias for hostfqdn ().

       hostname ()
	   Returns the smallest part of the FQDN which can be used to iden-
	   tify 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 pro-
       gram is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the same terms as Perl itself.



perl v5.8.8			  2007-08-26		       Net::Domain(3)