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+/* gethostn - a small diagnostic utility to show what the
+ * gethostname() API returns. Of course, this tool duplicates
+ * functionality already found in other tools. But the point is
+ * that the API shall be called by a program that is compiled like
+ * rsyslogd and does exactly what rsyslog does.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH.
+ *
+ * This file is part of rsyslog.
+ *
+ * Rsyslog is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Rsyslog is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Rsyslog.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * A copy of the GPL can be found in the file "COPYING" in this distribution.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int main(int __attribute__((unused)) argc, char __attribute__((unused)) *argv[])
+{
+	char hostname[4096]; /* this should always be sufficient ;) */
+	int err;
+
+	err = gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname));
+
+	if(err) {
+		perror("gethostname failed");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	printf("hostname of this system is '%s'.\n", hostname);
+
+	return 0;
+}