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Re: bug in hostname


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: bug in hostname
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:31:50 +0100
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Jim Meyering wrote:
> I'm concerned about scripts that expect `hostname -f' to output
> a single host name. ...

OK, if your primary concern is not to break existing scripts, then go ahead
and add option -a, change option -f to print only the first among the list,
and change -i to omit the brackets. I have no objection.

Bruno





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