Dynu Dynamic DNS Client (Was: Re: unzip)

["C.M. Connelly" <c@eskimo.com>]

"J" == Josh  <jholland3@uswest.net> writes:

   >> well, is it an Intel binary?

   J> mmm...probably

Definitely:

   diziet% file dynupremium
   dynupremium: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1,
   dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped

   >> Which one is it, btw?

   J> DynuPremium from dynu.com

   J> Do you know of any dynamic dns services with scripts for
   J> Linux PPC?

Looking at Dynu's Web site, I see that they have a Web update
feature, which could easily be scripted.  You can look on
freshmeat.net for other dynamic DNS scripts and either switch
services (there are *free* dynamic DNS services, for example) or
use one of those scripts as a model.  A big advantage of scripts
is that they're considerably more architecture-independent.

Another option is for you to complain to Dynu!  After all, they're
charging money for their service (US$25 a year), and, as a
customer, you have the right to ask them to help you out.  You can
also put in a word about stupidly assuming that Linux == i386, and
about the evils of non-open source software, especially for
something as trivial as a dynamic DNS update script.

P.S. ``file DynuPre.exe'' tells us the following:

   DynuPre.exe: MS-DOS executable (EXE), OS/2 or MS Windows

/usr/bin/file is our friend.

   CMC

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