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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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