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Name instead of IP in hosts.cfg

list Rolf Schrittenlocher
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 12:34:06 +0200
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Hi,

in the man-page I read:

"The format of an entry in the hosts.cfg file is as follows:

    IP-address hostname # tag1 tag2 ..."

is there a way to use
  "hostname hostname # ..." instead?
Reason is monitoring a service where the IP often changes.

Thanks for help,
Rolf

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