You can also try using host

        host 123.45.67.89

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 01:18:35PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> > 
> > > Sure.   just  nslookup xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and if it comes back
> > > with a good/authoritive hostname it should be OK.
> > >
> > > Try   man nslookup  for more possibilities.
> > 
> > Do note that nslookup is deprecated; see
> > http://www.debianplanet.org/node.php?id=3D140 for a decent explanation why.
> 
> Kind of short on information there.   Maybe that is because I am not
> registered on that site.   Anyway, is that being "deprecated" sort of
> a LINUXy thing?   Does it apply to BSD, especaily FreeBSD too?
> 
> ////jerry
> 
> > 
> > Kirk Strauser
> > 
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