Function gethostname::gethostname

pub fn gethostname() -> OsString

Get the standard host name for the current machine.

On Unix simply wrap POSIX gethostname in a safe interface. On Windows return the DNS host name of the local computer, as returned by GetComputerNameExW with ComputerNamePhysicalDnsHostname as NameType.

This function panics if the buffer allocated for the hostname result of the operating system is too small; however we take great care to allocate a buffer of sufficient size:

• On Unix we allocate the buffer using the maximum permitted hostname size, as returned by sysconf via sysconf(_SC_HOST_NAME_MAX), plus an extra byte for the trailing NUL byte. A hostname cannot exceed this limit, so this function can't realistically panic.
• On Windows we call GetComputerNameExW with a NULL buffer first, which makes it return the length of the current host name. We then use this length to allocate a buffer for the actual result; this leaves a tiny tiny race condition in case the hostname changes to a longer name right in between those two calls but that's a risk we don't consider of any practical relevance.

Hence if this function does panic please report an issue.