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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1985 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
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| 16 | .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. | |
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| 1c15e888 | 18 | .\" @(#)mkhosts.8 6.5 (Berkeley) 6/24/90 |
| 55270cae | 19 | .\" |
| 1c15e888 | 20 | .TH MKHOSTS 8 "June 24, 1990" |
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21 | .UC 6 |
| 22 | .SH NAME | |
| 56e2d6be | 23 | mkhosts \- generate hashed host table |
| 55270cae | 24 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| f2e9c085 | 25 | .B mkhosts |
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26 | [ |
| 27 | .B \-v | |
| 28 | ] | |
| 29 | hostfile | |
| 30 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 31 | .I Mkhosts | |
| 6a841d1b | 32 | is used to generated the hashed host database used by one version of the |
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33 | library routines |
| 34 | .B gethostbyaddr() | |
| 35 | and | |
| 36 | .BR gethostbyname() . | |
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37 | It is not used if host name translation is performed by |
| 38 | .IR named (8). | |
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39 | If the |
| 40 | .B \-v | |
| 41 | option is supplied, each host will be listed as it is added. | |
| 42 | The file | |
| 43 | .I hostfile | |
| 44 | is usually /etc/hosts, and in any case | |
| 45 | must be in the format of /etc/hosts (see hosts(5)). | |
| 46 | .I Mkhosts | |
| 47 | will generate database files named | |
| 48 | .I hostfile.pag | |
| 49 | and | |
| 50 | .I hostfile.dir. | |
| 51 | The new database is build in a set of temporary files and | |
| 52 | only replaces the real database if the new one is built | |
| 53 | without errors. | |
| 54 | .I Mkhosts | |
| 55 | will exit with a non-zero exit code if any errors are detected. | |
| 56 | .SH FILES | |
| 57 | .ta \w'hostfile.new.dir 'u | |
| 58 | \fIhostfile\fR.pag - real database filenames | |
| 59 | .br | |
| 60 | \fIhostfile\fR.dir | |
| 61 | .br | |
| 62 | \fIhostfile\fR.new.pag - temporary database filenames | |
| 63 | .br | |
| 64 | \fIhostfile\fR.new.dir | |
| 65 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
| 6a841d1b | 66 | gethostbyname(3), gettable(8), hosts(5), htable(8), named(8) |