GBCH-HOSTEDIT(8)

NAME
gbch-hostedit - edit GNUbatch host table

SYNOPSIS
gbch-hostedit [ -o file ] [ -s arg ] [ -I ] [ file ]

DESCRIPTION
gbch-hostedit is a simple curses-based program to edit host tables for gnubatch.hosts, the host table for GNUbatch.

It knows about local addresses (selecting the correct IP address for a machine with different IPs on different networks), Windows clients, DHCP, trusted hosts, manual connections, probes and timeouts.

Input is taken from standard input unless a file name is given, and output is to standard output unless the -o option is given.

Normally this would be run as follows:

        gbch-hostedit -o /tmp/hostfile /usr/local/etc/
        cp /tmp/hostfile /usr/local/etc/
        rm /tmp/hostfile

You will usually have to stop and restart GNUbatch after you have done this so that all parts of the system "know" about the new hosts, however this may not be necessary in all cases, you may only have to ""kill -1"" the process id of the xbnetserv process.

OPTIONS

-o file
    Output to the named file rather than Standard Output

-s char
    Where char is "h" or "i", sort display by host name or by IP address.

-I  Edit in place; a file argument must be given.

COMMANDS
The following command keys are used from within the screen displayed by gbch-hostedit. As with other GNUbatch commands, any commands which operate upon an existing item will do so with the item to which the cursor is moved.

k or cursor up
    Move cursor up.

j or cursor down
    Move cursor down.

N or next page
    Scroll down a screenful.

P or previous page
    Scroll up a screenful.

q   Quit and write hosts file.

a   Create a new hosts entry.

c   Edit the selected hosts entry.

d   Delete the selected hosts entry.

l   Edit the local hosts entry.

u   Set the default user name for DHCP clients.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

AUTHOR
John M Collins, Xi Software Ltd.