[wplug] testing Apache virtual-host setup without DNS

[Brian Sammon]

> Let's say the old webserver is 1.2.3.4 and the new is 5.6.7.8 .
> www.briansammon.org currently points at 1.2.3.4 and apache on 1.2.3.4 has a 
> "VirtualHost" section for www.briansammon.org.
> Now, I have apache on 5.6.7.8 and I have a "VirtualHost" entry on it for 
> www.briansammon.org .
> Is there a way I can test the VirtualHost stuff on 5.6.7.8 by giving a magic 
> URL to my browser?
> http://www.briansammon.org/ won't hit 5.6.7.8, but is there something like 
>   http://www.briansammon.org@5.6.7.8/ that will?
> Is this the sort of thing that I can only do in certain browsers?

Duh! I'd forgotten a simple workaround I'd used before:
edit /etc/hosts to have www.briansammon.org point to 5.6.7.8