need to look up short names

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On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 08:07:00PM -0600,
   Grant Taylor via bind-users wrote:
> On 08/10/2017 06:21 PM, toddandmargo wrote:
> > I am stumped.  I need to be able to look up short names on my 
> > local network.
> ...
> > What am I missing?
> 
> domain and / or search configuration in /etc/resolv.conf
> 
> man resolv.conf

Note that this still work for dig(1) and host(1) as per the OP's 
examples.  But things like ping(1) and browsers will work with a 
search domain.
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