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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1994-08-08 12:30:22 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1994-08-08 12:30:22 (GMT) |
| commit | 16d6e7109deb1bcfd8a860cb60c16c02a0ef183b (patch) | |
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Lots of small corrections by Andrew Kuchling (plus all new rotor docs)
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diff --git a/Doc/libsocket.tex b/Doc/libsocket.tex index f051be8..244ef67 100644 --- a/Doc/libsocket.tex +++ b/Doc/libsocket.tex @@ -76,8 +76,10 @@ is an IP address itself it is returned unchanged. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{gethostname}{} -Return the current host's canonical name, as a string -(e.g. \code{'voorn.cwi.nl'}). +Return a string containing the hostname of the machine where +the Python interpreter is currently executing. If you want to know the +current machine's IP address, use +\code{socket.gethostbyname( socket.gethostname() )} instead. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getservbyname}{servicename\, protocolname} |