Hi gurus!
I'd like to insert comments in my bootp table (well, I actually already
have ...) and not have it built into hosts.db. Is there a way to do this?
To be a little more specific, here's my situation:
We are using our bootp table not just to serve bootp (because many of our
hosts are served by DHCP), but for documentation as well. There are many
commented-out lines (i.e., start with a #) for valid hosts with no hardware
address (such as ports on a hub) which I don't mind having built into
hosts.db with make_hosts. These translate just fine into the format
required (host, IN, A, IP address). However, I also want to be able to
include comments within the table to distinguish why a certain machine is
in a certain segment, for instance. When make_hosts builds this entry, I
end up with records such as the following:
following IN A The
entry IN CNAME following
is IN CNAME following
for IN CNAME following
a IN CNAME following
student IN CNAME following
working IN CNAME following
This makes perfect sense when you consider the rest of the entry. However,
I just want the comment line ignored. This is what I am looking for. Anyone
have any ideas?
Thanks so much,
Sheryl
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Received on Wed Sep 10 1997 - 21:57:39 NZST