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desc "adds the necessary hosts to your local /etc/hosts file from current subdomains in db"
  task :subdomains => :environment do
    #
    #  emptyblog.localhost used as a locator for the line in /etc/hosts
    tmp_file, changed = '/tmp/etc_hosts_copy', false
    default, hosts = %w[skinnyboard.local www.skinnyboard.local], []

    # add all the blog subdomains
    Company.find(:all).each { |c| hosts << "#{c.subdomain}.skinnyboard.local" }

    host_line = "127.0.0.1 " + hosts.sort.unshift(default).join(' ')

    %x[cp /etc/hosts #{tmp_file}]

    file = File.new(tmp_file)
    lines = file.readlines
    lines.each do |line|
      changed = true if line.gsub!(/^127.0.0.1 skinnyboard\.local www\.skinnyboard\.local.+$/, host_line)
    end

    unless changed
      lines += ["\n", host_line, "\n"]
    end

    file = File.new(tmp_file,'w')
    lines.each do |line|
      file.write(line)
    end
    file.close

    %x[sudo -p "Password:" cp #{tmp_file} /etc/hosts]
    puts "subdomains finished"
    puts "They are available as;\n\n"
    hosts.each do |host|
      puts "http://#{host}"
    end
    puts "\n"
  end