3 hosts \- hostname to IP address database
7 The hosts database lists the IP addresses and the hostnames that translate
8 to these IP addresses. It is used by
10 in a network without name servers. A simple
22 These two entries give names to two IP addresses. The file may contain
23 comments marked with '#'.
25 You can have aliases (more hostnames on the same line) to give a machine
26 more than one name, like
28 if you run a web server on one.
30 If your PC is Internet connected then you can specify the name server(s)
31 to get more information from with %nameserver entries:
34 .ta +\w'172.16.24.3'u+4m +\w'%nameserver'u+4m
36 172.16.24.3 %nameserver # dns1.example.com
37 172.16.24.6 %nameserver # dns2.example.com
43 for all the details on special host file entries that configure
45 for use on the Internet, and on home machines that are occasionally
46 connected to the Internet.
57 Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)