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                     20: .TH HOSTS 5  "June 23, 1990"
                     21: .UC 5
                     22: .SH NAME
                     23: hosts \- host name data base
                     24: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     25: The
                     26: .I hosts
                     27: file contains information regarding
                     28: the known hosts on the network.
                     29: For each host a single line should be present
                     30: with the following information:
                     31: .HP 10
                     32: official host name
                     33: .br
                     34: .ns
                     35: .HP 10
                     36: Internet address
                     37: .br
                     38: .ns
                     39: .HP 10
                     40: aliases
                     41: .PP
                     42: Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
                     43: tab characters.  A ``#'' indicates the beginning of
                     44: a comment; characters up to the end of the line are
                     45: not interpreted by routines which search the file.
                     46: .PP
                     47: When using the name server
                     48: .IR named (8),
                     49: this file provides a backup when the name server
                     50: is not running.
                     51: For the name server, it is suggested that only a few addresses
                     52: be included in this file.
                     53: These include  address for the local interfaces that 
                     54: .IR ifconfig (8C)
                     55: needs at boot time and a few machines on the local network.
                     56: .PP
                     57: This file may be created from the official host
                     58: data base maintained at the Network Information Control
                     59: Center (NIC), though local changes may be required
                     60: to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases
                     61: and/or unknown hosts.  As the data base maintained at NIC
                     62: is incomplete, use of the name server is recommend for
                     63: sites on the DARPA Internet.
                     64: .PP
                     65: Network addresses are specified in the conventional
                     66: ``.'' notation using the \fIinet_addr\fP() routine
                     67: from the Internet address manipulation library,
                     68: .IR inet (3N).
                     69: Host names may contain any printable
                     70: character other than a field delimiter, newline,
                     71: or comment character.
                     72: .SH FILES
                     73: /etc/hosts
                     74: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     75: gethostbyname(3N), ifconfig(8C), named(8)
                     76: .br
                     77: Name Server Operations Guide for BIND

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