#QS

QS is designed for people who edit their hosts file a lot. The idea behind it is simple, profiles.

Instead of having to comment out lines in your hosts file, simply create profiles for each specific case. For instance a home profile:

127.0.0.1 localhost testwebsite google.co.za
192.168.0.3 owncloud home.server

Work profile:

127.0.0.1 big.project.1
172.16.10.1 cloud.work cups.server

Friends house profile:

10.0.0.1 warcraft3server file.sharing.server
10.0.0.5 friends.homewebsite

###Example An example of a hosts file with qs in use:

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

#quick_hosts_profile

127.0.0.1 localhost testwebsite google.co.za
192.168.0.3 owncloud home.server

##Requirements

• Linux 2.6 or later
• G++

For the Windows version, please see the Windows branch

##Compile Nothing extra is needed for compiling

No binaries are included. A compile is necessary. Tested with g++ in Debian for both 32 bit & 64 bit installs.

Compile using:

g++ -Wall quick_host.cpp -o qs

Then make sure you have qs in your /usr/bin folder. To copy it:

sudo cp qs /usr/bin

Using symbolic links (preferred method)

cd /usr/bin
sudo ln -s /path/to/quick_hosts/qs

##First run The first time you run the program you will need to give it the full path of your hosts file. Use either:

sudo qs -h

or option 6 within the software.

Once that is done, you can proceed to create profiles.

##Profiles Profiles are used to quickly switch between different "modes". The idea behind it is very simple.

If you're at work and have to connect to internal IP addresses for whatever reasons, you would most likely add entries in your hosts file. However when you get home, the same services might be on a different IP address and so you would have to go to the hosts file and manually change the entries.

With this however, you can just setup your profiles and switch between them whenever you need to.

In later versions it is planned for network detection. So when it detects your work network, it will switch the profile automatically.

##Arguments This program accepts arguments.

Which are as follows.

###Switching profiles This will switch to a profile named "home"

sudo qs -p home

###Adding profiles Create a new profile with the contents of 127.0.0.1 test

sudo qs -c 127.0.0.1 test

###Removing profiles This will remove a profile called test

sudo qs -r test

###Setup This will initiate the setup process

sudo qs -h

###Support

For bugs or improvements please use the issues tab or email [email protected].