Re: hostname(1) change

[Emiel Kollof <coolvibe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 05 January 2004 01:47, Kent Ibbetson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Attached is a patch for hostname(1) which allows you set the hostname
> based on a supplied IP address.  I use it to set the hostname when I
> dial in.
>
> hostname -r IP_ADDR  is much easier to type than
> hostname `host IP_ADDR | awk '{print $5}'`

One suggestion: Add support for ipv6 adresses. Resolving is almost the same 
except for some differently named things (like AF_INET6, sockaddr6_in, etc.) 
that have different sizes.

Cheers,
Emiel
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