The InetAddress...getHostName() call will use the DNS databases.
For most computers, however, this won't return anything useful.
Randy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 12:02 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Reverse DNS lookup
>
>
> > InetAddress.getByName(<ip address>).getHostName() will do what you
> > want, if the info is available.
>
> Where would the info have to be available? Is there anything
> comparable to
> a "dig -x" command under Unix? For most IP addresses, there
> will not be
> anything configured on my computer, but I know that ARPA
> reverse lookups are
> possible.
>
> The method you show above still returns the IP address on my
> system, yet a
> "dig -x" will show the host name resolved.
>
> David
>
>
