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@(#)mkhosts.8 6.4 (Berkeley) 10/19/88

C 6 mkhosts - generate hashed host table /etc/mkhosts [ -v ] hostfile 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. hostfile.pag - real database filenames

hostfile.dir

hostfile.new.pag - temporary database filenames

hostfile.new.dir

gethostbyname(3), gettable(8), hosts(5), htable(8), named(8)