Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 20:26:21 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: xer xernet <xernet@hotmail.it>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stable 7.0 and nslookup help command Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0810072025170.66581@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20081007173341.GA54495@icarus.home.lan> References: <mailman.0.1223396676.98984.freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> <BAY126-W10D80BDCDE6074DFAC363DA3380@phx.gbl> <20081007173341.GA54495@icarus.home.lan>
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On Tue, 7 Oct 2008, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > Not to dissuade you from what you're trying to accomplish, but "nslookup" > has been deprecated (this has been stated a few times by the BIND folks), > and "host" is probably on its way out as well (though I remember somewhere, > sometime, nslookup used to state "being deprecated, use 'host' or 'dig' > instead" -- or something like that). > > Please learn to use the "dig" command. I realise it has a somewhat high > learning curve at first (syntax-wise it can be somewhat messy), but > ultimately it's an immensely powerful -- or simple! -- DNS tool. Ditto here -- dig requires a bit more understanding of DNS, but is actually a much more informative tool when it comes to querying DNS and debugging its quirks. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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