On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 09:42:32AM -0700, Greg Wiley wrote: > This message appears when I run Woody's nslookup: > > Note: nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases. > consider using the 'dig' or 'host' programs instead. Run nslookup with > the '-si[lent]' option to prevent this message from appearing. > > Has nslookup really fallen out of favor with users? What's > wrong with it? I've always considered dig a low-level tool > mostly for problem-solving. Host is not interactive AFAIK. nslookup has fallen out of favour with its developers (the BIND people). There are numerous online references as to why nslookup sucks. > If nslookup goes, how long before we lose ping and traceroute? :) FUD. -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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