I found some time to follow-up on this. I believe this should give you what you're looking for: http://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/tools/map-local/
On May 23, 5:24 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 > usedhttp://www.fiddlertool.com/Fiddler2/help/AutoResponder.aspto do what > I think you're looking for on a Windows machine. > Perhapshttp://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 > > > > -- > > > Our Web site:http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Refresh Austin" group. > > > > [ Posting ] > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > Job-related postings should followhttp://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > > > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > > > [ Unsubscribe ] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > > [ More Info ] > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
