COBOL call for GETHOSTNAME

This call functions in the same way as the equivalent call described in GETHOSTBYNAME call.

Note: The host name returned is the host name the TCPIP stack learned at startup from the TCPIP.DATA file that was found. For more information about hostname, see HOSTNAME statement in z/OS Communications Server: IP Configuration Reference.

The format of the COBOL call for the GETHOSTNAME function is:

CALL ‘EZACICAL’ USING TOKEN COMMAND HZERO DZERO NAMELEN NAME ERRNO RETCODE.

In assembler language, issue the macro call CALL EZACICAL, using standard assembler call syntax (for the call format, see EZACICAL call format for assembler language).