9.132 HOSTNM — Get system host name

Description:

Retrieves the host name of the system on which the program is running.

This intrinsic is provided in both subroutine and function forms; however, only one form can be used in any given program unit.

Standard:

GNU extension

Class:

Subroutine, function

Syntax:

CALL HOSTNM(C [, STATUS])

STATUS = HOSTNM(NAME)

Arguments:

C	Shall of type CHARACTER and of default kind.
STATUS	(Optional) status flag of type INTEGER. Returns 0 on success, or a system specific error code otherwise.

Return value:

In either syntax, NAME is set to the current hostname if it can be obtained, or to a blank string otherwise.