Moving old tlperl prior to committing new one

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@21422 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl0/lib/hostname.pl b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl0/lib/hostname.pl
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl0/lib/hostname.pl
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+# From: asherman@fmrco.com (Aaron Sherman)
+#
+# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
+# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
+#
+# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
+# programming techniques.
+#
+# Suggested alternative: Sys::Hostname
+#
+sub hostname
+{
+	local(*P,@tmp,$hostname,$_);
+	if (open(P,"hostname 2>&1 |") && (@tmp = <P>) && close(P))
+	{
+		chop($hostname = $tmp[$#tmp]);
+	}
+	elsif (open(P,"uname -n 2>&1 |") && (@tmp = <P>) && close(P))
+	{
+		chop($hostname = $tmp[$#tmp]);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		die "$0: Cannot get hostname from 'hostname' or 'uname -n'\n";
+	}
+	@tmp = ();
+	close P; # Just in case we failed in an odd spot....
+	$hostname;
+}
+
+1;