Net::Domain#

Attempt to evaluate the current host’s internet name and domain

SYNOPSIS#

use Net::Domain qw(hostname hostfqdn hostdomain domainname);

DESCRIPTION#

Using various methods attempt to find the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the current host. From this determine the host-name and the host-domain.

Each of the functions will return undef if the FQDN cannot be determined.

Functions#

  • hostfqdn()

    Identify and return the FQDN of the current host.

  • domainname()

    An alias for hostfqdn().

  • hostname()

    Returns the smallest part of the FQDN which can be used to identify the host.

  • hostdomain()

    Returns the remainder of the FQDN after the hostname has been removed.

EXPORTS#

The following symbols are, or can be, exported by this module:

  • Default Exports

    None.

  • Optional Exports

    hostname, hostdomain, hostfqdn, domainname.

  • Export Tags

    None.

KNOWN BUGS#

See https://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Status=Active&Queue=libnet.

AUTHOR#

Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>.

Adapted from Sys::Hostname by David Sundstrom <sunds@asictest.sc.ti.com>.

Steve Hay <shay@cpan.org> is now maintaining libnet as of version 1.22_02.

LICENCE#

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, i.e. under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the LICENCE file.

VERSION#

Version 3.15

DATE#

20 March 2023

HISTORY#

See the Changes file.