Hi,
> A possibility is to use perl, it has a easily accessible gethostbyname
> implementation.. (use Socket;) i think.
use Socket;
$name=gethostbyaddr('134.169.54.170',AF_INET);
$name =~ s/\..*//;
print "$name\n"'
works fine, but somebody said to me: Little tools for little problems...
I think, dig is the better alternative.
Greetings
Holger