1 # From: asherman@fmrco.com (Aaron Sherman)
3 # This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4 # compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
5 # This legacy library is deprecated and will be removed in a future
8 # In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
9 # programming techniques.
11 # Suggested alternative: Sys::Hostname
13 warn( "The 'hostname.pl' legacy library is deprecated and will be"
14 . " removed in the next major release of perl. Please use the"
15 . " Sys::Hostname module instead." );
19 local(*P,@tmp,$hostname,$_);
20 if (open(P,"hostname 2>&1 |") && (@tmp = <P>) && close(P))
22 chop($hostname = $tmp[$#tmp]);
24 elsif (open(P,"uname -n 2>&1 |") && (@tmp = <P>) && close(P))
26 chop($hostname = $tmp[$#tmp]);
30 die "$0: Cannot get hostname from 'hostname' or 'uname -n'\n";
33 close P; # Just in case we failed in an odd spot....