From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 15 11:35:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A3C116A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:35:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C22A43D49 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:35:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i3FIZm119261; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 14:35:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200404151835.i3FIZm119261@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: kirk@strauser.com (Kirk Strauser) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 14:35:47 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87zn9dqge0.fsf@strauser.com> from "Kirk Strauser" at Apr 15, 2004 12:51:03 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nslookup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:35:58 -0000 > > At 2004-04-15T13:58:52Z, "Shaun T. Erickson" writes: > > > nslookup? > > Don't use nslookup. It's a Bad Thing. > I haven't heard that there is any specific evil involved, just that somewhere in the high court of those who pass judgement on such things, it has been decided to phase out nslookup in favor of new utilities. Actually, I am a little sorry because nslookup puts out a nice basic piece of information and is easy to use. dig seems to fill the screen with stuff I have to squint at and visually sort through to find the tidbit of information I want. Probably some more use of arguments might narrow stuff down a little, I suppose, but... Also, nslookup let me start it up and do some checks using my primary DBS and then set server to something and stay that way while I did a bunch of checking and then set it to another server to do some more checking, all without having to re-enter the command line stuff. That is handy. I notice some desirable features of dig too, but I liked that simple convenience in nslookup. ////jerry > Kirk Strauser > > "94 outdated ports on the box, > 94 outdated ports. > Portupgrade one, an hour 'til done, > 82 outdated ports on the box." > > --=-=-= > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQBAfsuO5sRg+Y0CpvERAp5tAJ0fPgDZW96CenS5zmi5xkdOF0PkBwCeIWcO > cKAE5fKIOyGECkfUKyArv14= > =lH0l > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > --=-=-=-- > >