Greg Wooledge (12023-03-03): > Dedicated lookup tools: > > getent hosts > host > dnsqr
It is important to know that host and dnsqr do actual DNS requests, and therefore ignore local configuration about other means of resolving hosts, including /etc/hosts. getent hosts is the dedicated command, the one that matches directly the libc API that is used by most applications. Regards, -- Nicolas George
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