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8.109 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.