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        !            18: .\"    @(#)mkhosts.8   6.5 (Berkeley) 6/24/90
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        !            20: .TH MKHOSTS 8 "June 24, 1990"
        !            21: .UC 6
        !            22: .SH NAME
        !            23: mkhosts \- generate hashed host table
        !            24: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            25: .B mkhosts
        !            26: [
        !            27: .B \-v
        !            28: ]
        !            29: hostfile
        !            30: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            31: .I Mkhosts
        !            32: is used to generated the hashed host database used by one version of the
        !            33: library routines
        !            34: .B gethostbyaddr()
        !            35: and
        !            36: .BR gethostbyname() .
        !            37: It is not used if host name translation is performed by
        !            38: .IR named (8).
        !            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
        !            66: gethostbyname(3), gettable(8), hosts(5), htable(8), named(8)

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