Q about "netdb hosts" command ?

Damien Wetzel (d.wetzel@fr.cis.philips.com)
Thu, 24 Apr 1997 12:00:51 +0200

HI everybody,
I m using scotty 2.1.5 on SunOs 4.1.3
I m trying to understand how the netdb hosts works
my /etc/hosts is 3 lines :
192.2.3.66 sut1
192.2.3.1 mcx2
192.2.4.1 mcx2-wan

when i type netdb hosts , i got a huge list of {name,ipaddress} so
i guess it is the result of ypcat hosts. the command is ok

then i try
"netdb hosts address sut1" i got
unknown IP host name "sut1"

"netdb hosts address anyname_from_the_huge_list_above" i got
unknown IP host name "anyname_from_the_huge_list_above"

so my question is :did i misunderstand something ?
thanks for any help...

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