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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:43 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:43 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man5/hosts.5 3.html b/static/freebsd/man5/hosts.5 3.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2e4a7b96 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man5/hosts.5 3.html @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<table class="head"> + <tr> + <td class="head-ltitle">HOSTS(5)</td> + <td class="head-vol">File Formats Manual</td> + <td class="head-rtitle">HOSTS(5)</td> + </tr> +</table> +<div class="manual-text"> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">hosts</code> — <span class="Nd">host name + data base</span></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">hosts</code> file contains information + regarding the known hosts on the network. It can be used in conjunction with + DNS, and the NIS maps `hosts.byaddr' and `hosts.byname', as controlled by + <a class="Xr">nsswitch.conf(5)</a>. For each host a single line should be + present with the following information:</p> +<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent"> +<pre>Internet address +official host name +aliases</pre> +</div> +<p class="Pp">Items are separated by any number of blanks 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.</p> +<p class="Pp">This file provides a backup used when the name server is not + running. For the name server, it is suggested that only a few addresses be + included in this file. These include addresses for the local interfaces that + <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a> needs at boot time and a few machines on the + local network.</p> +<p class="Pp">Network addresses are specified in either the conventional ``.'' + (dot) notation for IPv4 or colon hexadecimal notation for IPv6, as + understood by the <a class="Xr">inet_pton(3)</a> routine from the Internet + address manipulation library, <a class="Xr">inet(3)</a>. Host names may + contain any printable character other than a field delimiter, newline, or + comment character.</p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="FILES"><a class="permalink" href="#FILES">FILES</a></h1> +<dl class="Bl-tag Bl-compact"> + <dt><span class="Pa">/etc/hosts</span></dt> + <dd>The <code class="Nm">hosts</code> file resides in + <span class="Pa">/etc</span>.</dd> +</dl> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE + ALSO</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">gethostbyname(3)</a>, <a class="Xr">inet(3)</a>, + <a class="Xr">nsswitch.conf(5)</a>, <a class="Xr">ifconfig(8)</a></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">hosts</code> file format appeared in + <span class="Ux">4.1cBSD</span>.</p> +</section> +</div> +<table class="foot"> + <tr> + <td class="foot-date">September 15, 2022</td> + <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> + </tr> +</table> |
