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Re: [coldsync-hackers] Sync'ing without network connection?



On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Rich Bowen wrote:
> Apparently with the new Coldsync I can't sync without a network
> connection, since it's making calls to gethostbyname and that sort of
> thing. Is this actually desired behavior? I really want to be able to
> sync when I'm in my hotel room.

	I haven't duplicated this problem, though it seems plausible.
There are two reasons for ColdSync to get the host's address:
	First, the host's ID is just its IP(v4) address. This is used to
decide whether to perform a slow or a fast sync. This behavior is not new.
	Second, the way that the "forward:" directive is intended to work
is that ColdSync checks to see whether the "forward:" line refers to the
local host, and ignores the "forward:" directive if it does.

	I suggest adding your laptop's name and IP address to /etc/hosts.
That way, it'll be able to find its address even without a network
connection or a name server.

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