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Extract comp. alias in a batch file

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Name: zanman7
Date: September 14, 2004 at 13:25:43 Pacific
Subject: Extract comp. alias in a batch file
OS: windows 2000 sp3
CPU/Ram: Intel 2.8GHz/512MB

Comment:

I am trying to use the hostname as a conditional in a batch file. I would like to use the alias (not %COMPUTERNAME% mind you) I added to the hosts file and have to make no other changes (i.e. set an env var at startup). This would be equivalent to doing a "hostname -a" in Unix and greping for the alias name. I haven't found any evidence that parsing exists using batch so I guess I just need a command that will return that alias. Is it out there or any nifty work arounds?
thanks

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