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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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