2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat8/mkhosts.0

MKHOSTS(8)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       MKHOSTS(8)


NAME
     mkhosts - generate hashed host table

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/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), gettable(8), hosts(5), htable(8), named(8)


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