[SOLVED]Questions about the /etc/hosts file

[Paulo]

Hi all

I need to modify (add to) my hosts file but according to the wiki, the /etc folder is not persistent between boots.
Not a problem as I can create a script that appends to it at boot time.

However I see that the hosts file is a mix of ipv4 and ipv6 stuff, can I add ipv4 stuff at the end of the hosts file?
For example my hosts file looks something like this:

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127.0.0.1 box localhost

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
# (added automatically by netbase upgrade)

::1  ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
then a bunch of IPv6 related lines.
Can I append to the end of the file with lines like this:

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0.0.0.0 SomePeskyAdServer.com
0.0.0.0 AnotherAdServer.net
Thanks.

[Paulo]

OK, tried it out and works like a charm 

[tinypoodle]

My hosts file happens to be 500Kb+ in size and 15000 lines+ in length.

Storing it on same partition as persistent tcedir and symlinking it to /etc/hosts, while including the symlink in backup works fine for me.

Before symlinking I had prepended the content of default /etc/hosts to my personal file.

[Paulo]

Hi tinypoodle

My hosts file happens to be 500Kb+ in size and 15000 lines+ in length.

Wow, you must really hate adverts 

Seriously, symlinking is a good idea.
Thanks.