host utility

[Kevin Darcy]

muheeb wrote:

> Hello ppl,
>
> what does the host utility do!..can you give an example!.

According to the man page, "host" is just a simple DNS lookup utility.
You should be able to just give it the name of the name you want to
lookup up, e.g. host www.yahoo.com. Personally, I don't use "host";
where I have all of the BIND lookup tools to choose from, I choose
"dig". If "nslookup" is the only tool available, I'll use it under
protest.


- Kevin