Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:52:43 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: L33T Networks <fbsdhelp@l33tnetworks.com>, User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question about the /etc/hosts file Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070410155137.0257aea8@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <C2414611.4E8%fbsdhelp@l33tnetworks.com> References: <C2414611.4E8%fbsdhelp@l33tnetworks.com>
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At 03:48 PM 4/10/2007, L33T Networks wrote:
>What is the second line with 10.20.30.199, and the hostname ends in a
>period? I've never seen this in a host file previous to FBSD v.6.
>
>apollo# cat /etc/hosts
>#::1 localhost.mydomain.com localhost
>127.0.0.1 localhost.mydomain.com localhost
>10.20.30.199 apollo.mydomain.com apollo
>10.20.30.199 apollo.mydomain.com.
>
>Is this something that's required for other IP addresses that will be added
>to the hosts file in the future?
Names ending in a dot represent the fully qualified domain name. You do it
all on one line but it gets too long to easily see and edit.
-Derek
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