User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Command and Utility Summary

configuration file, use addname /save after deleting the entry.

ﬁlename

Specifies the name of the file to load or save.

When you type addname with no options, the list of current addname

entries is displayed.

Comments

When your computer is conﬁgured as a LAN Manager workstation using

TCP/IP, you can use the addname utility to access the resources of a server

on another TCP/IP network accessible through a network gateway. The

addname utility matches remote servernames to their IP addresses.

The addname utility temporarily adds entries to your workstation’s

memory. These entries are deleted when you unload TCP/IP from memory

or when you restart your computer. To save the entries in the LMHOSTS

ﬁle, use the /save option.

The addname utility can be used only when the TCP/IP software and the

NetBIOS network software are loaded into your workstation’s memory. You

can add as many as four entries using addname.

Examples

• To temporarily add the server FLAMINGO, whose IP address is 15.6.127.8, type:

addname flamingo 15.6.127.8

• To see the list of current entries, type:

addname

• To save the list of current entries in the LMHOSTS file, type:

addname /save

• To delete the server FLAMINGO from the LMHOSTS file, type:

addname flamingo /delete

• To load new entries from the file A:\USER\MYHOSTS, type:

addname /load a:\user\myhosts