X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4CB334D6.8040700@cwilson.fastmail.fm> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:01:26 -0400 From: Charles Wilson Reply-To: Charles Wilson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100915 Thunderbird/3.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: hostname command References: <7E93C5822639AC4B917B413898A805AAA431EA7FAC@ADM-EXMBX0CD.adm.c.sdu.dk> <4CB31EEC.3050605@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <4CB31EEC.3050605@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 10/11/2010 10:27 AM, Eric Blake wrote: >> PS. the builtin hostname in bash just ignore options. I am referring >> to /bin/hostname.exe. > > Bash does not have a builtin hostname. When you type hostname in bash, > you ARE using /bin/hostname, which is currently from coreutils. Also, you need to be sure about your PATH settings. I've been bitten several times when ClearCase's installation directory was "promoted" to the front of my path, and I accidentally used THEIR hostname executable -- which does something completely unexpected. (It's a GUI app!) -- Chuck -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple