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From: joseph@hpuplca.HP.COM (	Joseph Hohl )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Huge /etc/hosts files (Was Re: Backup over net)
Message-ID: <410004@hpuplca.HP.COM>
Date: 3 Aug 89 19:52:27 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Pleasanton Sales Office
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> In article <63300007@hpl-opus.HP.COM> jewett@hpl-opus.HP.COM(Bob Jewett) write

>> unscientific) was the startup time for "vi /etc/hosts" (1.2 megabytes) on the
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> This is exactly why we need domain name service on hp-ux. I would think
> that you folks would at least be running it internally, by now.

> -jem

John,

We do have it running internally and it will be included in the HP-UX
7.0 release (both S-300 and S-800s). 

Joseph