which is better/more correct for /etc/hosts

Michael Hipp Michael at Hipp.com
Wed Dec 12 11:25:04 PST 2007


Douglas J Hunley wrote:
> is this better:
> 192.168.10.1	servera,serverb,serverc
> or this:
> 192.168.10.1	servera
> 192.168.10.1	serverb
> 192.168.10.1	serverc
> 
> and why is it better?

'man hosts' seems to direct that the first form be used (except with 
whitespace, not commas).

As to why it's better I have no idea since I don't actually know anything.

Michael



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