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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Interesting – I see 2 responses to this thread but don’t see the original question email.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If I read the title and what appears to be the original question he is asking not how to source /etc/hosts but rather how to have /etc/hosts source another
file. I don’t believe there is a way to do this. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I’m also curious as to the reason for the question. If you’re trying to use something global for hosts definitions to be shared for multiple clients you should
look at a DNS or NIS setup. /etc/hosts is meant to be local to the system you’re on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Kinney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ale] is there a bash command to include a file in /etc/hosts?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Jul 12, 2012 8:45 AM, "leam hall" <<a href="mailto:leamhall@gmail.com">leamhall@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wolf,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can sometimes source a file in bash with the ".". That is:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> . /etc/hosts<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Note the spaces there. However, I believe that will fail as sourcing is used when files are executed. The hosts file is read on reference by programs that need it. If you are trying to keep things separated by breaking up files, have you
considered using "make" to rebuild your host file if any of the component files changes?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Leam<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Wolf Halton <<a href="mailto:wolf.halton@gmail.com" target="_blank">wolf.halton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I have tried <br>
source /path/to/file <br>
and <br>
include(/path/to/file) <br>
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