Tcl_GetHostName

Section: Tcl Library Procedures (3)
Updated: 8.3
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NAME

Tcl_GetHostName - get the name of the local host

SYNOPSIS

#include <tcl.h>

const char *
Tcl_GetHostName()

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 determined. The string is statically allocated, and the caller must not modify of free it.

KEYWORDS

hostname