DNSDOMAINNAME(1) User Commands DNSDOMAINNAME(1) NAME dnsdomainname - show DNS domain name SYNOPSIS dnsdomainname [OPTION...] DESCRIPTION Show domain part of the system's fully qualified host name. The tool uses gethostname to get the host name of the system and getaddrinfo to resolve it into a canonical name. The part after the first period ('.') of the canonical name is shown. -?, --help give this help list --usage give a short usage message -V, --version print program version AUTHOR Written by Simon Josefsson. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to . COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO gethostname(2), getaddrinfo(3) The full documentation for dnsdomainname is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dnsdomainname programs are properly installed at your site, the command info dnsdomainname should give you access to the complete manual. GNU inetutils 2.7-modified January 2026 DNSDOMAINNAME(1)