--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/util.rs	Sun Dec 04 17:48:14 2016 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use libc;
+
+pub fn getfullhostname() -> Option<String> {
+    const MAX_HOSTNAME_LENGTH: usize = 255; // Max possible size as specified by POSIX
+    let mut dest = [0 as i8; MAX_HOSTNAME_LENGTH];
+
+    unsafe {
+        let err = libc::gethostname(&mut dest[0] as *mut libc::c_char, MAX_HOSTNAME_LENGTH as libc::size_t);
+
+        if err == 0 {
+            match String::from_utf8(dest.into_iter()
+                .filter(|c| **c > 0)
+                .map(|c| *c as u8)
+                .collect()) {
+                Ok(s) => Some(s),
+                Err(_) => None,
+            }
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn gethostname() -> Option<String> {
+    getfullhostname().and_then(|s| s.split('.').next().map(|s| s.to_string()))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn test_util_gethostname() {
+        println!("{:?}", super::gethostname());
+        println!("{:?}", super::getfullhostname());
+    }
+}