Hosts File Tool

[aldo]

@Paul,
I have updated my HOSTS tool, now supports the command lines:
/add "fullpath" = merge a new hosts file with an existing one
/remove [/s] "section name" = remove all the sections that begin with the specified name
/removeall [/s] = clear the HOSTS file

/s = silence mode

Download:
http://www.aldostools.com/temp/updatehosts.zip

Notes:
- The new HOSTS file should include the comments at the begining and at the end of the file.
- The /remove will add the prefix "#BEGIN of " and "#END of" if the "section name" does not start with #. If the "section name" start with #, the prefix is not used and the "section name" is used instead.

Example:
#BEGIN of KL Supertrick 7/30/2003
127.0.0.1 server1
127.0.0.1 server2
#END of KL Supertrick

#BEGIN of KL Supertrick 8/31/2003
127.0.0.1 server3
127.0.0.1 server4
#END of KL Supertrick

#KL Sites
127.0.0.1 server5
127.0.0.1 server6
#

#KL
127.0.0.1 server7
127.0.0.1 server8
#

/remove "KL Supertick" removes the blocks with servers 1,2,3,4.
/remove "KL Supertick 8/31/2003" removes the blocks with servers 3,4.
/remove "#KL" removes the blocks with servers 5,6,7,8
/remove "#KL Sites" removes the blocks with server 5,6

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Aldo Vargas
http://www.aldostools.com

[VB]

Great work Aldo!

Seems to work like a charm B)



I found a small bug:

When you add a new host file that contains new entries in a section with the same name as a section that already exists in the hosts file, then it will add the new entries to the hosts file, but without a section around it.

[VB]

/removeall doesn't seem to work

[aldo]

I updated the tool. Same url.

New:
- Fixed the /removeall bug. The code was misplaced
- The comments are not verified by the duplicates filter
- New command line: /noload (do not load the HOSTS file, to open the program faster)


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Aldo Vargas
http://www.aldostools.com

[VB]

Works great now.

[secfan]

And don't forget Auto-Update/Auto-Run before startup of KLK++ options or something similar for Hosts Updater. (Maybe merging both Hosts/Bad IP Ranges Updaters together into one??? And include both in KLK++ 2.42!!! )

[DarkBlizzard]

Originally posted by secfan@31 July 2003 - 02:24
And don't forget Auto-Update/Auto-Run before startup of KLK++ options or something similar for Hosts Updater. (Maybe merging both Hosts/Bad IP Ranges Updaters together into one??? And include both in KLK++ 2.42!!! )

This shouldn't be done because the Hosts file isnt like Peer Guardian....its not like it gets updates every 2 seconds...it rarely gets them. Its sort of pointless.

Here's my little Hosts file site...( Mine and Kazaa Lite's hardly ever get updated , unless someone tells me of a pop-up they got)

http://www.Geocities.com/Klitehostsfile

[Sarkie_2002]

ive have some Big Ass Hosts file on my Site, which i used to update all the time, but i dunt anymore, if anyones interested

[aldo]

I have updated the UpdateHOSTS.exe

- Faster HOSTS merge from the GUI
- Changed the "Finding Duplicates" message to "Loading HOSTS...", to make the KL installer activity more clear.
- Fixed the click event on the new hosts list when the main list has more than 32767 items.

Donwload: http://www.aldostools.com/hosts.html
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Aldo Vargas
http://www.aldostools.com

[RealitY]

Nice.