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2017-07-06T01:10:39
doc: Update for MSVC 14. * doc/posix-headers/*.texi: Add info about MSVC 14. * doc/posix-functions/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/pastposix-functions/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/glibc-headers/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/glibc-functions/*.texi: Likewise.
@node gethostname
@section @code{gethostname}
@findex gethostname
POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/gethostname.html}
Gnulib module: gethostname
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
On mingw and MSVC 14, this function has a prototype that differs from that
specified by POSIX, and it is defined only in the ws2_32 library.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function's second argument type is @code{int} instead of @code{size_t}
on some platforms:
OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10.
@item
If the given buffer is too small for the host name, some implementations
fail with @code{EINVAL}, instead of returning a truncated host name.
@end itemize