Re: nslookup prompt...
On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Jay Barbee wrote:
> > Yeah, the nslookup (or its manpage) is broken. You always have to go into
> > interactive mode. Yuck. Anyway you should try dig, it's fancier. I think
> > it comes in dns-utils.
>
> Hummm, I will try dig, no problem... but could you explain what you mean by
> "broken". Is it some problem with they way I have created the DNS tables? Do
> you suggest in uninstall DNSUTILS and reinstall the package? Seems to be
> an environment problem, not a blip in the nslookup binary itself? Just a thought.
Debian has always had this problem. I never checked into this (I only run
debian on my laptop netmonitoring station). nslookup isn't the "normal bind
one". It doens't depen on how you create your data. It just doesn't seem to
parse command lie parameters, or simple ignores them.
Paul
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