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Date:      Fri, 3 Jan 2003 15:41:14 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
To:        Konstantin Borovik <sysop@fb.homeunix.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: command host does not check /etc/hosts.
Message-ID:  <20030103154114.GB7942@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <004501c2b2d9$976940a0$0300000a@winxp>
References:  <004501c2b2d9$976940a0$0300000a@winxp>

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On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 08:38:33PM -0700, Konstantin Borovik wrote:

> Command host does not check /etc/hosts file. Is it a bug or normal behavior?

That's normal.

DESCRIPTION
     Host looks for information about Internet hosts.  It gets this informa-
     tion from a set of interconnected servers that are spread across the
     world.

Ceri
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