/* xgethostname.c -- return current hostname with unlimited length
- Copyright (C) 1992, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1992, 1996, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
int err;
size = INITIAL_HOSTNAME_LENGTH;
- hostname = xmalloc (size);
+ /* Use size + 1 here rather than size to work around the bug
+ in SunOS5.5's gethostname whereby it NUL-terminates HOSTNAME
+ even when the name is longer than the supplied buffer. */
+ hostname = xmalloc (size + 1);
while (1)
{
- /* Use size - 2 here rather than size - 1 to work around the bug
- in SunOS5.5's gethostname whereby it NUL-terminates HOSTNAME
- even when the name is longer than the supplied buffer. */
- int k = size - 2;
+ int k = size - 1;
errno = 0;
hostname[k] = '\0';
err = gethostname (hostname, size);
- if (err == 0 && hostname[k] == '\0')
+ if (err >= 0 && hostname[k] == '\0')
break;
#ifdef ENAMETOOLONG
- else if (err != 0 && errno != ENAMETOOLONG && errno != 0)
- error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "gethostname");
+ else if (err < 0 && errno != ENAMETOOLONG && errno != 0)
+#else
+ else if (err < 0 && errno != 0)
#endif
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "gethostname");
size *= 2;
- hostname = xrealloc (hostname, size);
+ hostname = xrealloc (hostname, size + 1);
}
return hostname;