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Tcl_GetHostName C API

Get the name of the local host

literal type exactly as shown argument replace with your value ?optional? may be omitted

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

Copyright#

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