Net::Domain(3perl) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Net::Domain(3perl)
NAME
Net::Domain - Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and
domain
SYNOPSIS
use Net::Domain qw(hostname hostfqdn hostdomain domainname);
DESCRIPTION
Using various methods attempt to find the Fully Qualified Domain Name
(FQDN) of the current host. From this determine the host-name and the
host-domain.
Each of the functions will return undef if the FQDN cannot be
determined.
Functions
hostfqdn()
Identify and return the FQDN of the current host.
domainname()
An alias for hostfqdn().
hostname()
Returns the smallest part of the FQDN which can be used to identify
the host.
hostdomain()
Returns the remainder of the FQDN after the hostname has been
removed.
EXPORTS
The following symbols are, or can be, exported by this module:
Default Exports
None.
Optional Exports
"hostname", "hostdomain", "hostfqdn", "domainname".
Export Tags
None.
KNOWN BUGS
See <https://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Status=Active&Queue=libnet>.
AUTHOR
Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com <mailto:gbarr@pobox.com>>.
Adapted from Sys::Hostname by David Sundstrom <sunds@asictest.sc.ti.com
<mailto:sunds@asictest.sc.ti.com>>.
Steve Hay <shay@cpan.org <mailto:shay@cpan.org>> is now maintaining
libnet as of version 1.22_02.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Graham Barr. All rights reserved.
Copyright (C) 2013-2014, 2020 Steve Hay. All rights reserved.
LICENCE
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself, i.e. under the terms of either the
GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the
LICENCE file.
VERSION
Version 3.15
DATE
20 March 2023
HISTORY
See the Changes file.
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