+++ /dev/null
---- net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/hostname.1.gethostbyname 2005-10-14 11:33:41.000000000 +0200
-+++ net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/hostname.1 2005-10-15 11:46:14.646697600 +0200
-@@ -99,6 +99,33 @@
- complete FQDN of the system is returned with
- .BR "hostname \-\-fqdn" .
-
-+.LP
-+The function
-+.BR gethostname(2)
-+is used to get the hostname. When the
-+.BR "hostname \-a, \-d, \-f or \-i"
-+is called will
-+.BR gethostbyname(3)
-+be called. The difference in
-+.BR gethostname(2)
-+and
-+.BR gethostbyname(3)
-+is that
-+.BR gethostbyname(3)
-+is network aware, so it consults
-+.IR /etc/nsswitch.conf
-+and
-+.IR /etc/host.conf
-+to decide whether to read information in
-+.IR /etc/sysconfig/network
-+or
-+.IR /etc/hosts
-+
-+To add another dimension to this,
-+the
-+.B hostname
-+is also set when the network interface is brought up.
-+
- .SS "SET NAME"
- When called with one argument or with the
- .B \-\-file