HOSTS(5N)               COMMAND REFERENCE               HOSTS(5N)



NAME
     hosts - host name data base

DESCRIPTION
     The hosts file contains information regarding the known
     hosts on the local network.  Only hosts not running the Tek
     nameserver(8n) are listed.  For each host a single line
     should be present with the following information:

     Internet address
     official host name
     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

CAVEATS
     The nameserver(8n) reads this file on startup, so changes
     will not be reflected until it is restarted.

     Only the first entry is used in the case of duplicates.

SEE ALSO
     gethostent(3n), nameserver(8n).
















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na:72,63;
de:135,1309;
fi:1444,69;
ca:1513,250;
se:1763,149;
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