man resolv.conf

On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Joe Laffey wrote:

> It's my understanding that most Un*x boxes will check with DNS first for
> an address before checking a hosts file. Can this go the other way around?
> Is it any faster one way or the other (assuming an entry is present in the
> hosts file and the DNS server is running local).??
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Joe Laffey
> LAFFEY Computer Imaging
> St. Louis, MO
> http://www.laffeycomputer.com
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