hosts(4)                                                 hosts(4)



     NAME
          hosts - host name data base

     DESCRIPTION
          The hosts file contains information regarding the known
          hosts on the DARPA Internet.  For each host a single line
          should be present with the following information:

               official host name
               Internet address
               aliases

          Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab
          characters.  A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment;
          characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by
          routines which search the file.  This file is normally
          created from the official host data base maintained at the
          Network Information Control Center (NIC), though local
          changes may be required to bring it up to date regarding
          unofficial aliases and/or unknown hosts.

          Network addresses are specified in the conventional ``.''
          notation using the inet_addr() routine from the Internet
          address manipulation library, inet(3N).  Host names may
          contain any printable character other than a field
          delimiter, newline, or comment character.

     FILES
          /etc/hosts

     SEE ALSO
          gethostent(3N).























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