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Aneurysm9 · Nov 14, 2010 · 275af37 · 275af37
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@@ -2,8 +2,18 @@ This is a simple Perl script for managing multiple hostfile configurations on *N
 
 To get started, create a directory /etc/hostfiles and place one or more files in the directory containing hostfile fragments.  The fragment filename will be used to tell the hostfile manager what to enable or disable.
 
-Using the hostfile manager is simple.  It has two options: --enable and --disable.  You can specify each multiple times or pass comma-separated lists of fragment filenames.
+Using the hostfile manager is simple.  It has two primary options: --enable and --disable.  You can specify each multiple times or pass comma-separated lists of fragment filenames.
 
 For example, to enable a hostfile fragment called "staging":
 
-hostfiles --enable staging
+$ hostfiles --enable staging
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+You can ask for the status of the available hostfile fragments by passing the --status flag:
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+$ hostfiles --status
++ local
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+The first character of the status ouput will be ' ' if the fragment is not enabled, '+' if it is enabled, and '*' if it is enabled and has been modified in /etc/hosts.
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+Passing the --interactive flag will ignore any --enable, --disable, or --status options and present a list of hostfile fragments that can be enabled or disabled interactively.