Re: gethostname

[Ben Pfaff]

Sam Steingold <address@hidden> writes:

> 1. is this module ever needed on a unix system?
> i.e., are there any unix systems still in use that lack gethostname?
>
> 2. are there any unix systems still in use that lack uname?

Among the platforms represented in Bruno Haible's collection of
library symbols, only mingw and nsk-G06 lack either one (and they
lack both of them).  Solaris has gethostname in libnsl, BeOS has
it in libnet, and other platforms have it in libc.  BeoS has
uname in libnet, and other platforms have it in libc.
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