Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/OS/oshostname.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/OS/oshostname.m	(revision 10748)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/OS/oshostname.m	(revision 10749)
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 
 else
-	[status,hostname]=system('hostname -s');
+	[status,hostname]=system(['hostname -s | sed ''s/-//g''']);
 	if status, 
 		error('oshostname error message: could not run hostname command on *nix os');