Inconsistent results from hostname Unix command via ARD

I sometimes get the DNS name and sometimes get the local sharing name.
Some one pointed out to me
% scutil --set HostName DNS-name
as root will do the job.
So the next question is can one get the Mac to cough up its DNS name or
IP address without major acrobatics.
For example
% ifconfig en0 inet
gives the IP address but you have to parse it out and
% host IP-address
will give the DNS name but again you have to parse it out.

We have a bunch of machines that are all named via the Sharing panel in System Preferences. Our network is giving them a different DNS name. We'd like to be able to access the Sharing name via the command-line (hostname gives DNS name). I assume this is possible because Remote Desktop seems to get it somehow.

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Yes I have a debug line that prints them out in the doAutoLoadBalancing method - this is the point where I am diagnosing the problem. It only prints the correct results after I have already run the procedure from the SQL command line.
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