nslookup / resolver behaviour, appending domains?

[Karl Pielorz]

Barry Margolin wrote:

> If you end a name with "." in a query, that indicates that it's fully
> qualified already, and the resolver won't try appending any defaults.  E.g.
> 
> nslookup =type=any something-not-existing.com.

That's exactly what I was looking for (as Joseph Lang also suggested). By
appending a 'dot' onto the names I know are already complete - it makes them
fully qualified, and named doesn't walk the "search" list in /etc/resolv.conf

Thanks!

-Karl