Hi,

> > Miles,
> > 
> > nslookup has been deprecated for years and shouldn't be used.  I'd
> 
> nslookup used to be deprecated, and nagged users who didn't say '-silent.'
> 
> Now, it doesn't nag, and behaves the same whether "-silent" is used 
> or not. Not only that, the man page doesn't mention "-silent."
> 
> Consequently, I guess there were howls of protest, and nslookup's 
> fortunes have revived so it will be with us for the foreseeable future.
> 
> The man page seems reasonable to me, try it.

Yes I remember that myself, and even though the deprecation thing was
happening for a while, I must admit I was one of those who also thought
"what's the point of getting rid of it". When I'm on Windows workstations and
need to do nslookup's, all Windows has is nslookup, no dig (even though the
Windows one isn't fully functional, it still helps when diagnosing problems).

> > recommend looking at using the replacement called 'dig' for queries.  
> > See if that solves your problems.
> 
> I'm one who doesn't dig dig.

I'm happy to use dig, but must say I spend an equal amount of time in nslookup.

Regards,

Michael.

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