hosts(4)                                                           hosts(4)

NAME
     hosts - host name data base

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/hosts

DESCRIPTION
     The hosts file contains information regarding the known hosts on the
     DARPA Internet. For each host a single line should be present with the
     following information:

          Internet-address  official-host-name  aliases

     Items are separated by any number of SPACE and/or TAB characters. A #
     indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of the
     line are not interpreted by routines which search the file. This file
     is normally created from the official host data base maintained at the
     Network Information Control Center (NIC), though local changes may be
     required to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases and/or
     unknown hosts.

     Network addresses are specified in the conventional "." notation using
     the inetaddr routine from the Internet address manipulation library,
     inet(3N). Host names may contain any printable character other than a
     field delimiter, NEWLINE, or comment character.

EXAMPLE
     Here is a typical line from the /etc/hosts file:

          192.9.1.20        gaia                        # John Smith

FILES
     /etc/hosts

SEE ALSO
     gethostent(3N), inet(3N).



















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