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BobNorris

9:52 pm on Oct 19, 2004 (gmt 0)



Here is a topic that is about what I need [webmasterworld.com...]

Im trying to find out how to add a path to a folder in my host file.

Xoc

6:46 am on Oct 20, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



You can't. Host files are the equivalent of DNS: They turn domain names into IP addresses. That's all they do.

So www.example.com gets translated into 127.0.0.1, for example. There is no way to turn them into a URL, or a protocol, or anything else.