hosts(4)                            CLIX                            hosts(4)



  NAME

    hosts - Host name database

  DESCRIPTION

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

    official_host_name  Internet_address  aliases

    Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters.  A
    number sign (#) 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 updated periodically by namex, or may be edited manually.

    Network addresses are specified in the conventional dot notation using the
    inet_addr routine from the Internet address manipulation library, inet.
    Host names may contain any printable character other than a field
    delimiter, newline, or comment character.

  NOTES

    You must add an entry in the hosts file for each PC host (or other non-
    Intergraph host) connected to the network.  The entry should be in the
    format described previously and should be placed above the comment line
    containing the phrase "DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE!!."

  FILES

    /etc/hosts

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands:  namex(1)

    Functions:  gethostbyname(3), inet(3)















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