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DOMAINNAME(1)             BSD General Commands Manual            DOMAINNAME(1)

NAME
     domainname -- set or print the name of the current NIS domain

SYNOPSIS
     domainname [name-of-domain]

DESCRIPTION
     Domainname prints the NIS domain name of the current host.  The super-user can set the domain name by
     supplying an argument.

SEE ALSO
     hostname(1), getdomainname(2), setdomainname(2)

HISTORY
     The domainname command appeared in 4.2BSD.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution        July 27, 1991       4.2 Berkeley Distribution

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