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diff --git a/hostname.5.txt b/hostname.5.txt deleted file mode 100644 index f141768..0000000 --- a/hostname.5.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ -///// -vim:set ts=4 sw=4 syntax=asciidoc noet: -///// -hostname(5) -=========== - -NAME ----- -hostname - Local host name configuration file - -SYNOPSIS --------- -*/etc/hostname* - -DESCRIPTION ------------ -The /etc/hostname file configures the name of the local system that is set during boot. It -should contain a single newline-terminated host name string. The host name may be a free-form string up to 64 characters in length, -however it is recommended that it consists only of 7bit ASCII lower-case characters and no spaces or dots, and limits itself to the -format allowed for DNS domain name labels, even though this is not a strict requirement. - -In Arch Linux the HOSTNAME variable in /etc/rc.conf is checked for the host name as well, however only as fallback. - -HISTORY -------- -The simple configuration file format of /etc/hostname originates from Debian GNU/Linux. - -SEE ALSO --------- -systemd.hostname(5), hostname(1), hostname(7), rc.conf(5) - -AUTHORS -------- -Original by Lennart Poettering, adapted to Arch Linux by Tom Gundersen. |