    NAME
         sge_h_aliases - Grid Engine host aliases file format

    DESCRIPTION
         All Grid Engine components use a hostname resolving  service
         provided  by  sge_commd(8)  to  identify  hosts via a unique
         hostname.   sge_commd(8)  itself  references  standard  UNIX
         directory  services  such  as  DNS,  NIS  and  /etc/hosts to
         resolve hostnames. In rare  cases  these  standard  services
         cannot  be  setup cleanly and Grid Engine communication dae-
         mons running on different hosts are unable to  automatically
         determine  a  unique hostname for one or all hosts which can
         be used on all hosts. In such situations a Grid Engine  host
         aliases  file  can be used to provide the communication dae-
         mons with a private and consistent hostname resolution data-
         base.

         The  default  location  for  the  host   aliases   file   is
         <sge_root>/<cell>/common/host_aliases.   To  use a different
         host  aliases,  it   must   be   specified   explicitly   to
         sge_commd(8) via the -a command line option.

    FORMAT
         For each host a single line must be provided with  a  blank,
         comma  or  semicolon separated list of hostname aliases. The
         first alias is defined to be the unique hostname which  will
         be  used  by  all  Grid Engine components using the hostname
         aliasing service of the sge_commd(8).

    SEE ALSO
         sge_intro(1), sge_commd(8).

    COPYRIGHT
         See sge_intro(1) for a full statement of rights and  permis-
         sions.