get_hostname
Get system host name
Syntax
hostname = get_hostname
Arguments
output
hostname string; system short host name
Description
Returns system short hostname for Unix, Mac and Windows machines. This is handy if you run Matlab on different machines and a program needs to know which machine it's running on.
On Unix and Mac, it uses the system hostname -s call; if this fails, it tries the system uname -n call. On Windows machines it uses the call getenv('COMPUTERNAME'). If get_hostname fails it issues a warning and returns an empty string. If called without a return argument it prints out the name of the host name.