Index: ChangeLog
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RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.368
diff -u -r1.368 ChangeLog
--- ChangeLog 2001/02/16 09:26:30 1.368
+++ ChangeLog 2001/02/16 14:43:40
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-02-16 Donal K. Fellows <[email protected]>
+
+ * doc/info.n (hostname): Clarified what is meant by a hostname.
+ [Bug #119401]
+
2001-02-15 Donal K. Fellows <[email protected]>
* generic/tclCmdMZ.c (Tcl_SplitObjCmd): Improved efficiency of
Index: doc/info.n
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RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/doc/info.n,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 info.n
--- doc/info.n 2000/09/07 14:27:48 1.5
+++ doc/info.n 2001/02/16 14:43:40
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@
\fBinfo hostname\fR
Returns the name of the computer on which this invocation is being
executed.
+.VS 8.4
+Note that this name is not guaranteed to be the fully qualified
+domain name of the host, and that where machines have several names
+(as is common on systems with both TCP/IP and NetBIOS-based networking
+installed) then it is the name that is suitable for TCP/IP networking
+that is returned.
+.VE
.TP
\fBinfo level\fR ?\fInumber\fR?
If \fInumber\fR is not specified, this command returns a number
@@ -190,3 +197,7 @@
.SH KEYWORDS
command, information, interpreter, level, namespace, procedure, variable
+
+'\" Local Variables:
+'\" mode: nroff
+'\" End:
