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the standard host name for the current processor, as previously set by
The parameter specifies the size of the array. The returned name is
null-terminated unless insufficient space is provided. sets the name of
the host machine to be which has length This call is restricted to the
super-user and is normally used only when the system is bootstrapped.
If the call succeeds a value of 0 is returned. If the call fails,
a value of -1 is returned and an error code is placed in the global location
The following errors may be returned by these calls: The or
parameter gave an invalid address. The caller tried to set the hostname
and was not the super-user.
Host names are limited to (from
characters, currently 256.
The function call appeared in
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