Format for Mac Host file (WAS: Zoom / Scaling in VNC)

[Lance Schlegel]

on 2/29/2000 3:37 PM, Jonathan Morton wrote:

> Can I add to this question:  What is the format (I know the location) of
> the Macintosh 'Hosts' file?  I tried the UNIX format and it didn't work...

When I installed WebStar, it installed a sample host file with comments.

The file's contents are pasted in below. I hope this helps.

--L
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; Hosts 
; This file is parsed by the MacTCP domain name resolver and the resource
records 
; are loaded into the resolver's cache.
;
; The Hosts file follows a SUBSET of the Master File Format (see rfc1035 pg
33).
; Each line in this file has the form: <domain-name> <rr> [<comment>]
; <domain-name> is an absolute domain name (see rfc1034 pg 11).
; <rr> = [<ttl>] [<class>] <type> <rdata> OR [<class>] [<ttl>] <type>
<rdata>
; A comment starts with ";" or by a line begining with a " ".
;
; NOTES: 
;     $INCLUDE is not implemented
;    Class is always IN, ttl is in seconds, type can be A, CNAME or NS.

; Examples

;knowAll.apple.com.    A            128.8.1.1                        ;
address of host knowAll.apple.com.
;
;apple.com.            NS            knowAll.apple.com.                ;
apple.com name server
;.                    NS            knowAll.apple.com.                ; root
name server
;
;myHost.apple.com.    IN    604800    A    128.8.1.2                    ;
ttl of 1 week
;JohnS.apple.com.    A                128.8.1.3
;Sculley.apple.com.    CNAME        JohnS.apple.com.                ;
canonical name for alias Sculley.apple.com



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