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.

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.

Standard

GNU extension

Class

Subroutine, function

`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.