Question about the /etc/hosts file

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Thats a FQDN (fully qualified domain name)

L33T Networks wrote:
> What is the second line with 10.20.30.199, and the hostname ends in a
> period? I've never seen this in a host file previous to FBSD v.6.
>
> apollo# cat /etc/hosts
> #::1                    localhost.mydomain.com localhost
> 127.0.0.1               localhost.mydomain.com localhost
> 10.20.30.199            apollo.mydomain.com apollo
> 10.20.30.199            apollo.mydomain.com.
>
> Is this something that's required for other IP addresses that will be added
> to the hosts file in the future?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Chris
>
>
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