[Lazarus] Finding out the Hostname of the Computer.

[Sergei Gorelkin]

Dave Coventry wrote:

> ...
> Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong, or offer an alternative way of
> getting the name of the computer?

A simple

result := GetEnvironmentVariable('HOSTNAME');

should do it.
Alternatively, you may read the /etc/hostname file just as you read any 
other text file.

Regards,
Sergei