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May 12 at 7:28 answer added Dick Visser timeline score: 0
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Sep 30, 2019 at 7:52 answer added Kevin timeline score: -1
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Jun 29, 2018 at 15:08 comment added j_random_hacker @0xC0000022L: Nobody "keeps me" from doing that, but the answer specifically suggests hosts, and so far 4 people have upvoted vinc17's comment expressing the pain caused by "suddenly IPv6". Being prepared for IPv6 is not always the issue: many programs need a way to determine whether two names/addresses refer to the same host. They can either use simple string matching, or they must know a lot about the network to find the "true" answer. The latter is a minefield, so many 3rd-party programs and systems -- that I have no control over -- use the former.
Jun 29, 2018 at 14:15 comment added 0xC0000022L @j_random_hacker: who keeps you from requesting specifically IPv4 (ahostsv4) or IPv6 (ahostsv6) addresses? Personally I find nothing wrong with the unspecific request returning IPv6. Your code should be prepared. IPv6 has been out there for more than 20 years now.
Jun 29, 2018 at 12:46 comment added j_random_hacker @0xC0000022L: The new shame is that that answer suggests getent hosts somehost, when running this while on somehost will produce an IPv6 address, which is different from how most other tools (ping, ssh at least) resolve names, and breaks some things. Use the ahosts instead of hosts.
Nov 14, 2017 at 3:40 answer added Andrey Izman timeline score: 5
Oct 27, 2017 at 6:12 answer added user257655 timeline score: 4
May 14, 2017 at 0:16 answer added Thomas Jensen timeline score: 4
Mar 23, 2017 at 9:59 answer added Andy Wong timeline score: 3
Nov 3, 2016 at 17:31 answer added Dweia timeline score: 6
Mar 17, 2016 at 21:03 answer added D P Baker timeline score: 5
S Dec 13, 2015 at 12:14 history suggested Dhia
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Aug 14, 2015 at 15:07 answer added Philippe Gachoud timeline score: 6
Aug 4, 2015 at 19:47 answer added Will timeline score: 4
Apr 29, 2015 at 22:15 comment added 0xC0000022L Shame that the getent <ahosts|ahostsv4|ahostsv6|hosts> <hostname> answer is somewhere down there near the bottom. It's the simplest, requires no extra packages and is easier to parse from a Bash script, too.
Apr 29, 2015 at 22:01 answer added Mohammed Zourob timeline score: 6
Sep 30, 2014 at 21:36 vote accept Eugene Yarmash
Sep 30, 2014 at 15:26 answer added Franck timeline score: 9
Jun 15, 2014 at 14:42 answer added Tom Freudenberg timeline score: 39
Jan 11, 2014 at 1:16 answer added RubyTuesdayDONO timeline score: 6
Oct 4, 2013 at 19:12 answer added sborsky timeline score: 57
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Aug 10, 2012 at 21:20 answer added Andrew McGregor timeline score: 29
Sep 21, 2011 at 15:13 answer added jfg956 timeline score: 34
Sep 15, 2011 at 21:50 answer added greg0ire timeline score: 60
S Sep 15, 2011 at 18:59 history suggested Peter Mortensen CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 15, 2011 at 18:23 answer added Heinzi timeline score: 60
Sep 15, 2011 at 16:29 answer added Chris Down timeline score: 863
Sep 15, 2011 at 15:54 history tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackUnix/status/114366538194231296
Sep 15, 2011 at 15:01 answer added Matteo timeline score: 5
Sep 15, 2011 at 14:59 vote accept Eugene Yarmash
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Sep 15, 2011 at 14:50 answer added manatwork timeline score: 175
Sep 15, 2011 at 14:43 history asked Eugene Yarmash CC BY-SA 3.0