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diff --git a/network/hostsblock/README b/network/hostsblock/README index d52b818eb4445..939bf42066cd1 100644 --- a/network/hostsblock/README +++ b/network/hostsblock/README @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ -Hostsblock is a bash script for Linux designed to take advantage of the -/etc/hosts file to provide system-wide blocking of internet advertisements, -malicious domains, trackers, and other undesirable content. To do so, it -downloads a configurable set of blocklists and processes and their entries into -a singular file. +Hostsblock is a bash script for Linux designed to take advantage +of the /etc/hosts file to provide system-wide blocking of internet +advertisements, malicious domains, trackers, and other undesirable +content. To do so, it downloads a configurable set of blocklists and +processes and their entries into a singular file. -The SlackBuild assumes that dnsmasq is not available so it will configure -hostsblock to overwrite the current /etc/hosts file. The install script will -backup the current /etc/hosts file to /etc/hostsblock/hosts.head if it does -not already exist. +The SlackBuild assumes that dnsmasq is not available so it +will configure hostsblock to overwrite the current /etc/hosts +file. The install script will backup the current /etc/hosts file to +/etc/hostsblock/hosts.head if it does not already exist. -After uninstalling hostsblock, you should copy hosts.head back to /etc/hosts. +After uninstalling hostsblock, you should copy hosts.head back to +/etc/hosts. To have hostsblock automatically update /etc/hosts once a week, run: ln -sf /usr/sbin/hostsblock /etc/cron.weekly/hostsblock |