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Date: Sun,  7 Mar 2010 20:46:16 +0100
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From: Rudolf Sykora <rudolf.sykora@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] ndb and shortening names
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On 7 March 2010 19:58, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> wrote:
>> I wanted to shorten writing some often used addresses like
>> penelopa.karlov.mff.cuni.cz
>> e.g. in a scp command. I want to only have to write penelopa.
>
> If you don't want to wire down ip addresses in ndb:
>
> penelopa = penelopa.karlov.mff.cuni.cz
>
> and use $penelopa in your commands.
>
It finally works without any IP mentioned. Only the surrounding spaces
were the problem, otherwise my entry works as it was written in the
beginning...
Ruda