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What is /com/host?

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Mar 15, 2026138 views
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Problem

The Perl documentation for contains: Attempts several methods of getting the system hostname [...]. It tries the first available of [blah blah] , and the file . If all that fails it croaks. What systems is this used on? It's a very ungooglable filename, and this is the first time I have heard of it.

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Sys::Hostname

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If you were to look at the actual code for Sys::Hostname you would see this: so obviously it is on Apollo, pre SR10. I have no idea what that means - it could be on the moon for all I know ;) Did they use Perl for the moon landings? So pre-SR10 coul…

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