Manual page for MKHOSTS(8)
mkhosts - generate hashed host table
SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/mkhosts
[
-v
]
hostfile
DESCRIPTION
Mkhosts
is used to generated the hashed host database used by one version of the
library routines
gethostbyaddr()
and
gethostbyname().
It is not used if host name translation is performed by
named.8
If the
-v
option is supplied, each host will be listed as it is added.
The file
hostfile
is usually /etc/hosts, and in any case
must be in the format of /etc/hosts (see hosts(5)).
Mkhosts
will generate database files named
hostfile.pag
and
hostfile.dir.
The new database is build in a set of temporary files and
only replaces the real database if the new one is built
without errors.
Mkhosts
will exit with a non-zero exit code if any errors are detected.
FILES
hostfile.pag - real database filenames
hostfile.dir
hostfile.new.pag - temporary database filenames
hostfile.new.dir
SEE ALSO
gethostbyname(3), hosts(5), named(8)
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Last modified 11/5/97
