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How should I get the fully qualified domain name of "localhost" in c++ (on ubuntu)?


I've been messing around with getaddrinfo and getnameinfo but the closest I got to useful output was "localhost.localdomain". I'm not sure what to pass in for the "node" or "service" args of getaddrinfo, although I think it's the function I want.


Solution

  • Actually, Zxaos's answer here is pretty much the answer I was looking for (even though it's for C and mine was for C++, it works in both):

    How do I find the current machine's full hostname in C (hostname and domain information)?

    So I guess my question was a duplicate...