mprober_lib/hostname/
mod.rs

1use std::io;
2
3use crate::scanner_rust::ScannerError;
4
5/// Get the hostname using the `gethostname` function in libc.
6///
7/// ```rust
8/// use mprober_lib::hostname;
9///
10/// let hostname = hostname::get_hostname().unwrap();
11///
12/// println!("{hostname}");
13/// ```
14#[inline]
15pub fn get_hostname() -> Result<String, ScannerError> {
16    let buffer_size = unsafe { libc::sysconf(libc::_SC_HOST_NAME_MAX) } as usize;
17
18    let mut buffer: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(buffer_size);
19
20    let c = unsafe { libc::gethostname(buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut libc::c_char, buffer_size) }
21        as usize;
22
23    if c != 0 {
24        return Err(io::Error::last_os_error().into());
25    }
26
27    unsafe {
28        buffer.set_len(buffer_size);
29    }
30
31    if let Some(end) = buffer.iter().copied().position(|e| e == b'\0') {
32        unsafe {
33            buffer.set_len(end);
34        }
35    }
36
37    Ok(unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(buffer) })
38}