Perfect. Thanks Chris. Regards, Robert
-----Original Message----- From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 8 September 2004 9:23 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: "host" command On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:16, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: > I thought that there was a command "host" to do a forward lookup of a dns > address but on my Gentoo box I get:- > > grunter root # host www.xtra.co.nz > -bash: host: command not found > > Do any of you know what I am doing wrong? > Do you know what package I may need to install to get this? emerge net-dns/bind-tools -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell