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On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Rommel B. Ikeda wrote:

> Hi...
>
> I am still a newbie...and practicing how to get use to FreeBSD and UNIX...
>
> I have a question:
> Why is it when I invoke the command "host", this comes out "host not found,
> try again".
host selects information from the internet about registered
domains, try
# host freebsd.org

> But if I invoke the "hostname" command it displays my hostname and Domain...
hostname reads your local /etc/rc.conf file.


Regards,

Uli.

>
> Can someone point me to some information about it aside from the man
> pages...
>
> Thank you,
>
> Rommel B. Ikeda
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