RE: reading hostname into a string var in Windows

[Tim Rueth]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Buckle [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 10:46 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: reading hostname into a string var in Windows
> 
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Tim Rueth <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I know there's a simple answer to this question, I just 
> can't figure 
> > out what it is:  How do I read the hostname into a string 
> variable in Octave?
> > I'm on Windows Vista.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --Tim
> 
> [exitcode host]=system("echo %computername%")
> 
> I tested on XP. I think this should work on Vista.
> 
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> /* andy buckle */
> 

Yes, thanks, that works.  And now that I see how you did that, I also tried:

[exitcode host] = dos("hostname");

Which also worked.  And thanks, A Kelly, for:  getenv('COMPUTERNAME'), which
also works.

I don't know if one of these three is more robust than the others or if it
doesn't matter.  They all work on both Vista and Win7.

--Tim