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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1985 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)mkhosts.8   6.3 (Berkeley) 5/23/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH MKHOSTS 8 "May 23, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 6
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: mkhosts \- generate hashed host table
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B /etc/mkhosts
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B \-v
        !            15: ]
        !            16: hostfile
        !            17: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            18: .I Mkhosts
        !            19: is used to generated the hashed host database used by one version of the
        !            20: library routines
        !            21: .B gethostbyaddr()
        !            22: and
        !            23: .BR gethostbyname() .
        !            24: It is not used if host name translation is performed by
        !            25: .IR named (8).
        !            26: If the
        !            27: .B \-v
        !            28: option is supplied, each host will be listed as it is added.
        !            29: The file
        !            30: .I hostfile
        !            31: is usually /etc/hosts, and in any case
        !            32: must be in the format of /etc/hosts (see hosts(5)).
        !            33: .I Mkhosts
        !            34: will generate database files named
        !            35: .I hostfile.pag
        !            36: and
        !            37: .I hostfile.dir.
        !            38: The new database is build in a set of temporary files and
        !            39: only replaces the real database if the new one is built
        !            40: without errors.
        !            41: .I Mkhosts
        !            42: will exit with a non-zero exit code if any errors are detected.
        !            43: .SH FILES
        !            44: .ta \w'hostfile.new.dir    'u
        !            45: \fIhostfile\fR.pag     - real database filenames
        !            46: .br
        !            47: \fIhostfile\fR.dir
        !            48: .br
        !            49: \fIhostfile\fR.new.pag - temporary database filenames
        !            50: .br
        !            51: \fIhostfile\fR.new.dir
        !            52: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            53: gethostbyname(3), gettable(8), hosts(5), htable(8), named(8)

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