Tad Frank wrote: > Your issue lies in the line: sed -e "s/$REGISTERED_IP/$CURRENT_IP/g" > /etc/hosts > /etc/hosts.new
I searched debian-devel for the message to which you are responding; the most recent message with that subject header dates from December 1999. Yes, people were dynamically updating /etc/hosts in 1999 but I hope that no one has to do that any longer. :) -- Thomas Hood
