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SubjectRe: Possible /etc/hosts parsing bug?

>
>
> I have found something that may be a small parsing bug, but may
> also be within the specs of its functionality... In my hosts file
> I had a few entries:
>
> 172.16.2.1 Atomic.shocking.com
> 172.16.2.2 Nuclear.shocking.com
> 172.16.2.3 Fusion.shocking.com
>
> In an effort to line everything up and make it look pretty I modified the
> previous lines to the following:
>
> 172.016.002.001 Atomic.shocking.com
> 172.016.002.002 Nuclear.shocking.com
> 172.016.002.003 Fusion.shocking.com
>
> Numerically, these have the same values, but when I tried to ping fusion,
> the IP that it was using was 172.14.2.3. When the extra '0's were deleted
> ping worked fine. Is this within the operating specs? Just curious,

Any number beginning with `0' is usually considered to be in octal.
016(base 8)==14(base 10), hence the problems you were experiencing.

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