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Tcl_GetHostName(3)                         Tcl Library Procedures                         Tcl_GetHostName(3)



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NAME
       Tcl_GetHostName - get the name of the local host

SYNOPSIS
       #include <tcl.h>

       CONST char *
       Tcl_GetHostName()
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DESCRIPTION
       Tcl_GetHostName  is  a utility procedure used by some of the Tcl commands.  It returns a pointer to a
       string containing the name for the current machine, or an empty string if the name cannot  be  deter-mined. determined.
       mined.  The string is statically allocated, and the caller must not modify of free it.


KEYWORDS
       hostname



Tcl                                                  8.3                                  Tcl_GetHostName(3)