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Re: stupid nslookup
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Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:08:34 -0500
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Miles,

nslookup has been deprecated for years and shouldn't be used.  I'd 
recommend looking at using the replacement called 'dig' for queries.  
See if that solves your problems.

Cheers,
Mark

Miles O'Neal wrote:
> Since forever, the Linux nslookup command hasn't supported
> "help" or "ls", at least.  Has this changed in EL5?  Can
> anyone receommend a better version of nslookup for linux?
>
> Thanks,
> Miles
>
>   


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Mr. Mark V. Stodola
Digital Systems Engineer

National Electrostatics Corp.
P.O. Box 620310
Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA
Phone: (608) 831-7600
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