what is the dns entry to create subnames in domain name?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9s98j9$na3 at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Down Under Dan <polarisdk at hotmail.com> wrote:
>NEWBIE ALERT!
>
>What is the dns entry to create subnames in domain name?
>
>I would like http://whatever.mydomain.com to point to my webserver where I
>will grab it and redirect to http://mydomain.com/whatever
>
>What should I put in the dns file to get this done?

whatever CNAME mydomain.com.

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