--- name: "Net::Domain" section: "3perl" platform: "linux" package: "perl" version: "5.44.0-1" release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/Net::Domain/3perl" --- # Net::Domain(3perl) Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and domain ## NAME Net::Domain - Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and domain ## SYNOPSIS ``` use Net::Domain qw(hostname hostfqdn hostdomain domainname); ``` ## DESCRIPTION Using various methods **attempt** to find the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the current host. From this determine the host-name and the host-domain. Each of the functions will return *undef* if the FQDN cannot be determined. ### Functions - hostfqdn() Identify and return the FQDN of the current host. - domainname() An alias for **hostfqdn()**. - hostname() Returns the smallest part of the FQDN which can be used to identify the host. - hostdomain() Returns the remainder of the FQDN after the *hostname* has been removed. ## EXPORTS The following symbols are, or can be, exported by this module: - Default Exports *None*. - Optional Exports `"hostname"`, `"hostdomain"`, `"hostfqdn"`, `"domainname"`. - Export Tags *None*. ## KNOWN BUGS See \. ## AUTHOR Graham Barr \\>. Adapted from Sys::Hostname by David Sundstrom \\>. Steve Hay \\> is now maintaining libnet as of version 1.22\_02. ## COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. Copyright (C) 2013-2014, 2020 Steve Hay. All rights reserved. ## LICENCE This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, i.e. under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the *LICENCE* file. ## VERSION Version 3.15 ## DATE 20 March 2023 ## HISTORY See the *Changes* file.