Tcl_GetHostName(3tcl)

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💖 Tcl_GetHostName — the Tcl Library Procedures glow-up 💖

okay bestie, so this is Tcl_GetHostName(3tcl), straight out of the Tcl Library Procedures collection. it's a tiny one. a lil snack. but it's iconic and u need to know it. ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

Tcl_GetHostName — get the name of the local host, no cap 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <tcl.h>

const char *
Tcl_GetHostName()

like. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so Tcl_GetHostName is a lil utility procedure that some of the Tcl commands use behind the scenes. ur fave supporting character, fr fr. 🫶

it returns a pointer to a string containing the name for the current machine. the name of the machine u are ON rn. that's the whole job. 🏠

and if the name cannot be determined? it hands u an empty string instead. not an error, not a crash, just... nothing. silence. a little ghost of a hostname. 💀

⚠️ okay this part MATTERS bestie, do not skip: the string is statically allocated. so the caller must not modify it, and the caller must not free it. hands off. it's not urs to touch. 🙈

🔑 KEYWORDS 🔑

  • hostname

💜 the sign-off 💜

this page is from Tcl version 8.3, filed under Tcl_GetHostName(3tcl) in the Tcl Library Procedures section. go get that machine name, queen 👑💖

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