On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:25:05 +1300  Dave Sainty wrote:

> "Tom T. Thai" writes:
> 
> > I'm not sure if I agree with the fact that `hostname` should return a
> > FQDN.  Is there and RFC somewhere I can look at?  I don't mean to start
> > any religious OS war ...

Either is OK, and systems should work with either.  Note the '-s'
option NetBSD's hostname -- FQDN is certainly OK.  This is the way
I prefer to set my hosts up.

Memory tells me of systems where not using the FQDN was preferable;
I believe in each case this was a software limitation in applications.

Regards,

Giles