host command
Claus Helbing
claus.helbing at descom-consulting.ch
Thu May 8 16:17:47 GMT 2003
Hi all,
I am quite puzzeld not to find the "host" command on my lunar installation.
The seems to be a similar command in the adns package but I would like to avoid
installing another package just to get a standard command.
Any ideas ?
Thank you very much,
Claus
/usr/bin/host
Usage: host [-aCdlrTwv] [-c class] [-n] [-N ndots] [-t type] [-W time]
[-R number] hostname [server]
-a is equivalent to -v -t *
-c specifies query class for non-IN data
-C compares SOA records on authoritative nameservers
-d is equivalent to -v
-l lists all hosts in a domain, using AXFR
-n Use the nibble form of IPv6 reverse lookup
-N changes the number of dots allowed before root lookup is done
-r disables recursive processing
-R specifies number of retries for UDP packets
-t specifies the query type
-T enables TCP/IP mode
-v enables verbose output
-w specifies to wait forever for a reply
-W specifies how long to wait for a reply
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