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25.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libutil/trimdomain.3,v 1.8 2004/07/02 23:52:20 ru Exp $
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27.Dd April 7, 1999
28.Os
29.Dt TRIMDOMAIN 3
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm trimdomain
32.Nd "trim the current domain name from a host name"
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libutil
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/types.h
37.In libutil.h
38.Ft void
39.Fn trimdomain "char *fullhost" "int hostsize"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The function
42.Fn trimdomain
43removes the current domain name from the passed
44.Ar fullhost
45name by writing a
46.Dv NUL
47character over the first period of the passed name.
48The current domain
49name is determined by calling
50.Xr gethostname 3
51and removing everything up to the first period.
52The name is determined
53the first time this function is called and is cached for future use.
54.Pp
55The
56.Fn trimdomain
57function will only trim the domain name if the passed
58.Ar fullname
59ends with the current domain name and if the length of the resulting host
60name does not exceed
61.Ar hostsize .
62.Pp
63If the passed
64.Ar fullname
65is actually a
66.Dv DISPLAY
67specification of the form
68.Sm off
69.Ar host . domain : nn Oo .
70.Ar nn
71.Oc
72.Sm on
73and the domain name is the same as the local domain name,
74.Fn trimdomain
75will remove the embedded domain name, copying the screen and display
76numbers to the end of the base host name and resulting in
77.Sm off
78.Ar host : nn Op . Ar nn .
79.Sm on
80.Sh RETURN VALUES
81The
82.Fn trimdomain
83function does not return a value.
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr gethostname 3