Add note about legacy links

Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn <github@gone.nl>
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Sebastiaan van Stijn 2016-02-01 16:07:57 +01:00 committed by Tibor Vass
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## Linking Containers ## Linking Containers
> **Note**: This section describes linking between containers on the
> default (bridge) network, also known as "legacy links". Using `--link`
> on user-defined networks uses the DNS-based discovery, which does not add
> entries to `/etc/hosts`, and does not set environment variables for
> discovery.
The link feature allows multiple containers to communicate with each other. For The link feature allows multiple containers to communicate with each other. For
example, a container whose Dockerfile has exposed port 80 can be run and named example, a container whose Dockerfile has exposed port 80 can be run and named
as follows: as follows: