bug in hostname

[Martin MOKREJŠ]

Hi,
  hostname(1) does not accept -s option to print short hostname,
ie. not foo.bar.baz but only foo. It is required on Tru64Unix 5.1A
during system startup. When  hostname from coreutils is found,
the system hostname is set improperly(to "-s").

  Please provide full compatibility:

hostname(1)                                                       hostname(1)



NAME

  hostname - Sets or displays the name of the current host system

SYNOPSIS

  hostname [-s] [new_name]

DESCRIPTION

  The hostname command sets or displays the name of the current host system.
  If you use the -s option, the short form of the host name is displayed.
  Only the superuser can set the hostname.

EXAMPLES

   1.  To display the short form of the local host name, enter:
            $ hostname -s
            host1

   2.  To change the name of the local host, enter:
            # hostname west







addax.gsf.de#  /afs/gsf.de/alpha_dux51/usr/bin/hostname --help
Usage: /afs/gsf.de/alpha_dux51/usr/bin/hostname [NAME]
  or:  /afs/gsf.de/alpha_dux51/usr/bin/hostname OPTION
Print or set the hostname of the current system.

      --help     display this help and exit
      --version  output version information and exit

Report bugs to <address@hidden>.
addax.gsf.de# rcmgr get HOSTNAME
addax.gsf.de
addax.gsf.de# /afs/gsf.de/alpha_dux51/usr/bin/hostname
addax.gsf.de
addax.gsf.de# /usr/sbin/hostname
addax.gsf.de
addax.gsf.de# /afs/gsf.de/alpha_dux51/usr/bin/hostname -s
addax.gsf.de# /usr/sbin/hostname
-s
addax.gsf.de#


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