raspi change hostname code example
Example: how to change pi hostname in python file
import os
def setHostname(newhostname):
with open('/etc/hosts', 'r') as file:
data = file.readlines()
data[5] = '127.0.1.1 ' + newhostname
with open('temp.txt', 'w') as file:
file.writelines( data )
os.system('sudo mv temp.txt /etc/hosts')
with open('/etc/hostname', 'r') as file:
data = file.readlines()
data[0] = newhostname
with open('temp.txt', 'w') as file:
file.writelines( data )
os.system('sudo mv temp.txt /etc/hostname')
setHostname('whatever')