Coding In Paradise

This is more for me so I don't forget it, but other folks might find it useful. If you want to add or delete an entry from the Mac OS X /etc/hosts file, its a bit more involved than on Windows. Here's the steps you need to do.

To add an entry:

• Edit /etc/hosts
• sudo niload -v -m hosts . < /etc/hosts
• If on Firefox, go to Tools > Clear Private data and clear things.
  
• lookupd -flushcache

To remove the entry:

• Edit /etc/hosts
• sudo niload -v -d hosts . < /etc/hosts
• If on Firefox, go to Tools > Clear Private data and clear things.
  
• lookupd -flushcache

Notice the -d for deletion.