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Configuring and Managing BIND
5.8 Using NSLOOKUP to Query a Name Server
5.8.2 Obtaining Help
You can obtain help by:
• Entering the following DCL command:
$ HELP TCPIP_SERVICES NSLOOKUP
• Entering one of the following NSLOOKUP commands:
>?
or
> help
The following example shows the information available with the NSLOOKUP
help
(?) command:
$ NSLOOKUP
Default Server: condor.lgk.dec.com
Address: 16.99.208.53
>?
Information available:
<host> About_nslookup exit finger ls lserver
root server set
Topic?
5.8.3 NSLOOKUP Commands
NSLOOKUP interprets unrecognized commands as host names. When using
NSLOOKUP, apply these syntax rules:
• The command line must be fewer than 256 characters.
• Commands must be either all uppercase or all lowercase. NSLOOKUP does
not accept commands in mixed case.
When NSLOOKUP first starts, you see the name and address of the default
BIND server, followed by the NSLOOKUP prompt. In the following example, the
default server is
condor.lgk.dec.com
.
$ NSLOOKUP
Default Server: condor.lgk.dec.com
Address: 16.99.208.53
>
Table 5–13 lists the NSLOOKUP commands.
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