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From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de>
Subject: Re: why is hostname(1) output in UPPERCASE?
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:21:10 +0100
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* Eric De Mund (03-01-10 08:24 +0100)
> Why is hostname(1) output in UPPERCASE, when the native Windows 2000
> hostname.exe outputs lowercase?

Cygwin hostname reads

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ActiveComputerName]
"ComputerName"="<uppercase_name>"

while the native reads

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"ComputerName"="<lowercase_name>"


Thorsten
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