why is hostname(1) output in UPPERCASE?

[Thorsten Kampe]

* Eric De Mund (03-01-10 08:24 +0100)
> Why is hostname(1) output in UPPERCASE, when the native Windows 2000
> hostname.exe outputs lowercase?

Cygwin hostname reads

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ActiveComputerName]
"ComputerName"="<uppercase_name>"

while the native reads

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"ComputerName"="<lowercase_name>"


Thorsten
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