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1.1       root        1: .TH HOSTS 5  "15 January 1983"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: hosts \- host name data base
                      4: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      5: The
                      6: .I hosts
                      7: file contains information regarding
                      8: the known hosts on the DARPA Internet.
                      9: For each host a single line should be present
                     10: with the following information:
                     11: .HP 10
                     12: official host name
                     13: .br
                     14: .ns
                     15: .HP 10
                     16: Internet address
                     17: .br
                     18: .ns
                     19: .HP 10
                     20: aliases
                     21: .PP
                     22: Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
                     23: tab characters.  A ``#'' indicates the beginning of
                     24: a comment; characters up to the end of the line are
                     25: not interpreted by routines which search the file.
                     26: This file is normally created from the official host
                     27: data base maintained at the Network Information Control
                     28: Center (NIC), though local changes may be required
                     29: to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases
                     30: and/or unknown hosts.
                     31: .PP
                     32: Network addresses are specified in the conventional
                     33: ``.'' notation using the \fIinet_addr\fP() routine
                     34: from the Internet address manipulation library,
                     35: .IR inet (3N).
                     36: Host names may contain any printable
                     37: character other than a field delimiter, newline,
                     38: or comment character.
                     39: .SH FILES
                     40: /etc/hosts
                     41: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     42: gethostent(3N)
                     43: .SH BUGS
                     44: A name server should be used instead of a static file.
                     45: A binary indexed file format should be available for fast access.

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