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Date:      16 Dec 2000 14:22:48 -0500
From:      Arcady Genkin <antipode@thpoon.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   aliases for hosts
Message-ID:  <87itokf9x3.fsf@tea.thpoon.com>

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/etc/hosts lets me define an alias to an IP address.

Is there any way to define an alias in such a way that DNS lookup
*would* be performed, but only on an expanded name of the host?

For example, I'd like to alias `cdf.utoronto.ca' to `cdf', without
having to enter its IP address (which can theoretically change) into
/etc/hosts.

Many thanks,
-- 
Arcady Genkin
Don't read everything you believe.


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