# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| hostname: hostname (Linux hostname utility) hostname: hostname: The hostname utility is used to set or read the system hostname, hostname: domainname, dnsdomainname, nisdomainname, or ypdomainname. hostname: This package is required unless you want all of these set to (null), hostname: which you don't. hostname: hostname: The hostname utility was written by Peter Tobias, Bernd Eckenfels, hostname: and Michael Meskes. hostname: hostname: