HOSTNAME = bad command or file name ???????

[pbxphoneman]

does win 95,98se ,me....come with HOSTNAME.exe utility?
I have a few books telling me to use it to tell me what my local host is..but I get the "file can't be found" error..
I think it might be a NT or 2000 command ????? is it DL'able or is there another command (from DOS) to resolve the name of the computer your at?

thanks

 

[Degg]

My winxp home machine has the hostname.exe file in the windows\system32 directory. Degg
Network Administrator

 

[TheOldMan346]

pbxphoneman,

No, I don't believe they do. Open the Network control panel or right-click Network Neighborhood and choose Properties. Click on the Identification tab and the host name is there.

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The Old Man

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[bierhunter]

You can also try this...

ping -a localhost

The -a tells it to resolve the name.

 

[pbxphoneman]

yup sure does work....even works without the -a switch


thanks!!!