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From: pen@lage.lysator.liu.se (Peter Eriksson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix
Subject: Re: How do I alias machine addresses for ftp and telnet?
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Date: 13 Jul 90 21:18:15 GMT
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If your machine has the domain name server resolver libraries (atleast
if its using the BIND 4.8 version), the you can set an environment
variable called HOSTALIASES to point at a file containing a list of
aliases for hosts. That file could look something like this:

simtel20a      26.2.0.74
simtel20b      wsmr-simtel20.army.mil.

Try "man 7 hostname" if you have the BIND 4.8 software running.

Peter
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Peter Eriksson                                              pen@lysator.liu.se
Lysator Computer Club                             ...!uunet!lysator.liu.se!pen
University of Linkoping, Sweden                               "Seize the day!"

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Peter Eriksson                                              pen@lysator.liu.se
Lysator Computer Club                             ...!uunet!lysator.liu.se!pen
University of Linkoping, Sweden                               "Seize the day!"