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Diffstat (limited to 'Master/tlpkg/tlperl0/lib/hostname.pl')
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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl0/lib/hostname.pl b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl0/lib/hostname.pl new file mode 100755 index 00000000000..63eea8fee45 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl0/lib/hostname.pl @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +# 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; |