method

gethostname

v2_2_9 - Show latest stable - Class: Socket

gethostname()

public

Returns the hostname.

p Socket.gethostname #=> "hal"

Note that it is not guaranteed to be able to convert to IP address using gethostbyname, getaddrinfo, etc. If you need local IP address, use Socket.ip_address_list.

static VALUE
sock_gethostname(VALUE obj)
{
#if defined(NI_MAXHOST)
#  define RUBY_MAX_HOST_NAME_LEN NI_MAXHOST
#elif defined(HOST_NAME_MAX)
#  define RUBY_MAX_HOST_NAME_LEN HOST_NAME_MAX
#else
#  define RUBY_MAX_HOST_NAME_LEN 1024
#endif

    long len = RUBY_MAX_HOST_NAME_LEN;
    VALUE name;

    rb_secure(3);
    name = rb_str_new(0, len);
    while (gethostname(RSTRING_PTR(name), len) < 0) {
        int e = errno;
        switch (e) {
          case ENAMETOOLONG:
#ifdef __linux__
          case EINVAL:
            /* glibc before version 2.1 uses EINVAL instead of ENAMETOOLONG */
#endif
            break;
          default:
            rb_syserr_fail(e, "gethostname(3)");
        }
        rb_str_modify_expand(name, len);
        len += len;
    }
    rb_str_resize(name, strlen(RSTRING_PTR(name)));
    return name;
}

gethostname

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