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.TH pbs_hostn 8B "18 October 2017" Local "PBS Professional"
.SH NAME
.B pbs_hostn 
- report hostname and network address(es)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pbs_hostn 
[ -v ] <hostname>
.br
.B pbs_hostn 
--version

.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B pbs_hostn
command takes a hostname, and reports the results of both 
gethostbyname(3) and gethostbyaddr(3) system calls. Both forward and
reverse lookup of hostname and network addresses need to succeed in order
for PBS to authenticate a host.
.LP
Running this command can assist in
troubleshooting problems related to incorrect or non-standard network
configuration, especially within clusters.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "-v" 15
Turns on verbose mode.
.LP
.IP "--version" 15
The 
.B pbs_hostn
command returns its PBS version information and exits.
This option can only be used alone.


.SH OPERANDS
.IP "hostname" 15
The
.B pbs_hostn
command accepts a 
.I hostname
operand either in short name form, or in fully qualified
domain name (FQDN) form.
.SH STANDARD ERROR
The
.B pbs_hostn
command writes a diagnostic message to standard error for
each error occurrence.

.SH EXIT STATUS
.IP "Zero" 15
Upon successful processing of all the operands presented to the
.B pbs_hostn
command
.LP
.IP "Greater than zero" 15
If the
.B pbs_hostn
command fails to process any operand.

.SH SEE ALSO
The
.B PBS Professional Administrator's Guide
and the following manual page:
pbs_server(8B)