From 7460afa7ea0e4fce9c9477baadd3afb4dae3a53b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dkf Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:10:32 +0000 Subject: Improved documentation for [info hostname]. --- ChangeLog | 3 +++ doc/info.n | 13 ++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 6d441ac..111cedc 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2001-03-13 Donal K. Fellows + * doc/info.n: Improved documentation for [info hostname]. + [Bug #403840] + * generic/tclVar.c (Tcl_UnsetObjCmd): Made command behave as documented [issue remaining from bug #405769] diff --git a/doc/info.n b/doc/info.n index b7c117c..c129e2d 100644 --- a/doc/info.n +++ b/doc/info.n @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: info.n,v 1.5 2000/09/07 14:27:48 poenitz Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: info.n,v 1.6 2001/03/13 15:10:32 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH info n 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ are returned. Matching is determined using the same rules as for \fBinfo hostname\fR Returns the name of the computer on which this invocation is being executed. +.VS +Note that this name is not guaranteed to be the fully qualified domain +name of the host. Where machines have several different names (as is +common on systems with both TCP/IP (DNS) and NetBIOS-based networking +installed,) it is the name that is suitable for TCP/IP networking that +is returned. +.VE .TP \fBinfo level\fR ?\fInumber\fR? If \fInumber\fR is not specified, this command returns a number @@ -190,3 +197,7 @@ global(n), proc(n) .SH KEYWORDS command, information, interpreter, level, namespace, procedure, variable + +'\" Local Variables: +'\" mode: nroff +'\" End: \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v0.12