Re: Getting hostname

[Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net>]

On 04-May-03, 12:34 (CDT), Holger Kubiak <debian@holger-kubiak.de> wrote: 
> I want to package a tool. In a shell-script I need access to a hostname
> belonging to a given IP. If the package host is installed I get:
> 
> holger@myhost:~$ host 193.99.144.71
> Name: www.heise.de
> Address: 193.99.144.71
> 
> If the package bind9-host is installed I get:
> 
> holger@myhost:~$ host 193.99.144.71
> 71.144.99.193.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer www.heise.de.

First, getent looks like the best answer. Using dig and requiring DNS
when it might be defined in /etc/hosts or NIS seems like a bad idea.

Secondly, file a bug against bind9-host for "Providing: host". It doesn't
provide the same interface. 

Steve

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