diff admin/guess-hostname @ 227:cab46cefa4ce

renamed contrib/ to admin/ because the contents are for system admins and possibly for advanced users too
author meillo@marmaro.de
date Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:49:44 +0200
parents contrib/guess-hostname@92b58989a09e
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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/admin/guess-hostname	Fri Jul 23 11:49:44 2010 +0200
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# try several ways to guess the hostname
+# earlier output lines are probably better
+
+(
+
+# this is what Debian uses
+cat /etc/mailname
+
+# probably a good value on GNU/Linux
+hostname -f
+
+# this is often the short hostname
+cat /etc/hostname
+
+# often the short hostname, but widely available
+hostname
+
+# this file was mentioned on the Internet
+cat /etc/HOSTNAME
+
+) 2>/dev/null | uniq
+
+exit 0