--- projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/ihost.pl	2001/01/26 17:26:11	1.2
+++ projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/ihost.pl	2001/01/26 17:32:32	1.3
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #  - pjm2@ukc.ac.uk
 #
 # $Author: pjm2 $
-# $Id: ihost.pl,v 1.2 2001/01/26 17:26:11 pjm2 Exp $
+# $Id: ihost.pl,v 1.3 2001/01/26 17:32:32 pjm2 Exp $
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 
 $| = 1;
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ sub send_udp_packet() {
     $disk_info .= "</disk>";
 
     my($hostname) = hostname();
-    $hostname =~ s/^([^\.]*?).*$/$1/;
+    ($hostname = $hostname) =~ /^([^\.]*?)/;
+    print $hostname;
     my($domainname) = `cat /etc/resolv.conf`;
     $domainname =~ s/domain\s*([^\s]*?)/$1/;
     my($machine_name) = "$hostname.$domainname";