How about sharing that one file via an exports entry via nfs?
On May 23, 2011 5:42 PM, "Grumpicus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mark,
>
> Given that you appear to be looking for a Linux solution, this won't
> probably help you directly, but I've successfully used
> http://www.fiddlertool.com/Fiddler2/help/AutoResponder.asp to do what
> I think you're looking for on a Windows machine. Perhaps
http://www.charlesproxy.com/
> has a similar feature.
>
> Good luck,
> --Erik
>
> On May 23, 4:25 pm, Mark Phillip <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hey guys, yeah, it's not a DNS issue.  It's just one page that's having
>> trouble returning, so I'm hoping to recreate just that one file
elsewhere.
>>
>> Sadly, it doesn't seem that it's possible, but I'm hoping for a way to
force
>> the box to use a custom URL whenever it's looking for a specific file on
a
>> specific domain.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Markhttp://markphillip.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Victor <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > If a hosts file works, then the IP of the target machine must be
>> > fairly static. Can't you just use the IP of the machine in your
>> > application instead of the hostname?
>>
>> > If for some reason you can't use the IP, another option is to make a
>> > fake host:
>>
>> > mysuperduperfile.domain.com 1.2.3.4
>>
>> > Then you can update your application to use
>> > mysuperduperfile.domain.com for that file.
>>
>> > That said, this doesn't seem like a DNS issue if only a single file of
>> > many is having problems.
>>
>> > --Victor
>>
>> > On May 23, 3:45 pm, Mark Phillip <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > Hey folks,
>>
>> > > I have an unusual dependency on an external file, and the 3rd party
>> > server
>> > > is having trouble returning it.  There are multiple files on the
server
>> > that
>> > > I depend on, and it's just one file that's having trouble.
>>
>> > > With the hosts file I can tell the box that the entirety of a domain
maps
>> > to
>> > > a specific IP, but is there a way to tell the box to look for just a
>> > > specific file on a different IP?
>>
>> > > Unfortunately, copying every file from the server and placing it on a
new
>> > > one, isn't an option.
>>
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Markhttp://markphillip.com
>>
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