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HOSTFILES(1p) User Contributed Perl Documentation HOSTFILES(1p)

NAME

hostfiles - A simple script to manage multiple sets of hostfiles on *NIX systems

SYNOPSIS

hostfiles [options] 

  Options:
    --enable        Enable one or more hostfile fragments
    --disable       Disable one or more hostfile fragments
    --status        Display the status of various hostfile fragments
    --interactive   Present an interactive list of hostfile fragments

OPTIONS

--enable
Enable one or more hostfile fragments. This option may be specified multiple times and multiple fragments may be specified in a comma-separated list.
--disable
Disable one or more hostfile fragments. This option may be specified multiple times and multiple fragments may be specified in a comma-separated list.
--status
Display a list of fragments and their status. A '+' indicates the fragment is enabled. A '*' indicates an enabled fragment has been changed in /etc/hosts.
--interactive
Presents an interactive list of hostfile fragment to enable or disable.

DESCRIPTION

This program will read the hostfile fragments specified to be enabled from /etc/hostfiles/<fragment_name> and add them to /etc/hosts. It will remove any fragments from /etc/hosts that are specified to be disabled.

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2010-11 Anthony J. Mirabella. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

Anthony J. Mirabella <mirabeaj AT gmail DOT com>
2018-12-21 perl v5.28.1