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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex index f051be8..244ef67 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/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} |