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From: karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer)
Subject: Re: Possible bug in ifconfig's /etc/networks lookup
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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1992 19:26:50 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Aug09.192650.29431@NeoSoft.com>
References: <1992Aug09.025301.13940@NeoSoft.com> <1992Aug9.155013.23788@rwwa.COM>
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In article <1992Aug9.155013.23788@rwwa.COM> witr@rwwa.com writes:
>This is because /etc/networks is ill formatted.  The correct
>format in in the online manual pages, but for reference

>  official-name network-id aliases...

Interesting... A little poking shows that /etc/hosts isn't formatted as
documented, either.  The manpage say it also should be

official-name network-id aliases...

although it kind of works that way but mostly doesn't.

Also, the second address printed on each line by "netstat -r" still comes
out as an IP address only, not what it used to do as I recall, and certainly
not "right".
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