Host alias for ip address

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Is there a way to have a line in the config file that will alias a hostname to an ip address similar to the windows hosts file. I have setup a tftp server on my network so that each time I modify a switch configuration, I can easily copy the new config to the server for posterity. But, each time I run the copy command, I have to enter the server ip address. I would rather be able to simply type in the server name.

I know that you can setup the ip domain & dns server entries to do the work for me, at least I think you can, but I don't really want to do that. It adds the long domain name to hostname displays and makes the screen more difficult to read. eg: show cdp neighbor.

Thanks,
Kevin

@Kevin-Davis,

You can use the alias feature to save yourself the typing. The example below, I automate pinging an IP address that I need to check all the time. You can use a similar approach in your TFTP.
alias configure test do ping 192.168.0.3

This doesn't really get me exactly where I wanted to go although it could work. You can see the interaction below. Perhaps there is a way to specify the ip address on the copy command line or otherwise set a tftp server default. Either way would work.

E2.128#copy running-config tftp
Address or name of remote host []? 172.16.1.18
Destination filename [e2.128-confg]?
!!
13896 bytes copied in 3.909 secs (3555 bytes/sec)

I think I found what I need at:

https://geek-university.com/ccna/mapping-hostnames-to-ip-addresses/

Thanks