/etc/inet/hosts File Format

The /etc/inet/hosts file uses this basic syntax: (Refer to the hosts(4) man page for complete syntax information.)

IP-address hostname [nicknames] [#comment]

IP-address contains the IP address for each interface that the local host must know about.

hostname contains the host name assigned to the machine at setup, plus the host names assigned to additional network interfaces that the local host must know about.

[nickname] is an optional field containing a nickname for the host.

[# comment] is an optional field where you can include a comment.