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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2016-08-19 11:02:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2016-08-19 11:02:55 +0200 |
| commit | 0cce63da781878f8e66c15c4b32a61b8d61d03d1 (patch) | |
| tree | bf45d07f3c2ba08a27d2c56458dbb9c3f3cdbddc /man/hostnamectl.xml | |
| parent | 7c9f396b8aa9346642d5bb163d305ce7127b1685 (diff) | |
man: don't claim we replace spaces by dashes when cleaning up hostnames
Let's make sure the man page actually documents what is implemented, i.e.
"Lennart's PC" turns into "LennartsPC" when we clean up the name.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/hostnamectl.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/hostnamectl.xml | 24 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/man/hostnamectl.xml b/man/hostnamectl.xml index 589a252ea8..a7f89b918d 100644 --- a/man/hostnamectl.xml +++ b/man/hostnamectl.xml @@ -138,22 +138,14 @@ <varlistentry> <term><command>set-hostname <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term> - <listitem><para>Set the system hostname to - <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>. By default, this will alter - the pretty, the static, and the transient hostname alike; - however, if one or more of <option>--static</option>, - <option>--transient</option>, <option>--pretty</option> are - used, only the selected hostnames are changed. If the pretty - hostname is being set, and static or transient are being set - as well, the specified hostname will be simplified in regards - to the character set used before the latter are updated. This - is done by replacing spaces with <literal>-</literal> and - removing special characters. This ensures that the pretty and - the static hostname are always closely related while still - following the validity rules of the specific name. This - simplification of the hostname string is not done if only the - transient and/or static host names are set, and the pretty - host name is left untouched.</para> + <listitem><para>Set the system hostname to <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>. By default, this will alter the + pretty, the static, and the transient hostname alike; however, if one or more of <option>--static</option>, + <option>--transient</option>, <option>--pretty</option> are used, only the selected hostnames are changed. If + the pretty hostname is being set, and static or transient are being set as well, the specified hostname will be + simplified in regards to the character set used before the latter are updated. This is done by removing special + characters and spaces. This ensures that the pretty and the static hostname are always closely related while + still following the validity rules of the specific name. This simplification of the hostname string is not done + if only the transient and/or static host names are set, and the pretty host name is left untouched.</para> <para>Pass the empty string <literal></literal> as the hostname to reset the selected hostnames to their default |