Getting the local computer name

[andre.tremblay]

Maybe someone may help to refresh the memory cells of my spongy brain on how I can get the local computer name from SuperCard?

[Peter Jenkins]

Hi Andre

This is what I use in my SuperTalk scripts:

put line 1 of shell("hostname") into gHostName

Peter

[MARK LUCAS]

It's probably worth noting that the value returned by hostname is your Mac's current network identifier (not its name). Unlike the name a network identifier isn't guaranteed to persist across connections, and can optionally be configured to something not based on the computer name (so you can't reliably derive it by jiggering the name). It also may or may not match the Bonjour name.

Which of these you really want thus depends on what you're planning to use it for…

-Mark

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