pyhosts

Python library for managing hosts file (eg. /etc/hosts) in Pythonic way:

• Is platform independent
• Uses Python objects to manage hosts entries

Examples

>>> from pyhosts import Hosts
>>> myhosts = Hosts()
>>> [entry for entry in myhosts]
[{'ipaddress': IPAddress('127.0.0.1'),       'hostname': 'localhost',               'aliases': ['localhost.localdomain'], 'comments': None},
 {'ipaddress': IPAddress('::1'),             'hostname': 'localhost6.localdomain6', 'aliases': ['localhost6'],            'comments': None},
 {'ipaddress': IPAddress('172.19.29.156'),   'hostname': 'igor',                    'aliases': None,                        'comments': None},
 {'ipaddress': IPAddress('192.168.122.167'), 'hostname': 'marev3',                  'aliases': None,                        'comments': "marev3"}]
 
>>> myhosts.igor.ipaddress 
IPAddress('172.19.29.156')

>>> myhosts.hostname.igor4.ipadress 
ValueError: No such host entry in this hosts object.

Contribute

• python setup.py test to run tests

Random notes

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)
• http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?hosts
• Windows hosts file: http://support.isoc.net/Page.aspx/117/hosts.html