---
name: "globus-hostname"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "globus-common-progs"
version: "18.14-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/globus-hostname"
---

# globus-hostname(1)

Print the system host name

## NAME

globus-hostname - Print the system host name

## SYNOPSIS

**globus-hostname** \[ -help \| -h \] \[ -version\|-versions \]

## DESCRIPTION

**globus-hostname** attempts to determine a fully-qualified name for the host it is executing on. It performs the same name checks that the C globus\_common library uses, including checking for the GLOBUS\_HOSTNAME environment variable, and optionally performing a name server lookup of the local host name.

The full set of options to **globus-hostname** are

- **-help, -h**

  Show usage information and exit.

- **-version, -versions**

  Show version information and exit.

## AUTHOR

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