Windows hosts file equivalent on Mac?

Question

I am doing a project and uploading to a clients test server, however they only have IP address to access and suggested editing my hosts file. I'm on a Mac, where is the hosts file?

Answer 1

I'm going to get very liberal with your question....

I'm assuming they want you to add an entry to the hosts file. You would find that in /private/etc/hosts on your Mac.

Here's a link - http://decoding.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/how-to-edit-the-hosts-file-in-mac-os-x-leopard/