Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:33:41 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: xer xernet <xernet@hotmail.it> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stable 7.0 and nslookup help command Message-ID: <20081007173341.GA54495@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <BAY126-W10D80BDCDE6074DFAC363DA3380@phx.gbl> References: <mailman.0.1223396676.98984.freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> <BAY126-W10D80BDCDE6074DFAC363DA3380@phx.gbl>
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On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 06:30:23PM +0200, xer xernet wrote: > Hello to anyone. > > I'm a FreeBSD user, i'm still a new bee but i still keep to learning. > Anyway, here is my question: > > I use a FreeBSD STABLE-7 not installed by me, in this installation nslookup works very good and the "?" or "help" command working properly, infact the every time i recall the command "?" or "help" nslookup show me the file "nslookup.help" in /usr/share/misc. > > Now, i did installed (by me) e STABLE-7 and i don't understand why the "?" command is not implemented on nslookup, also the file "nslookup.help" doen't exist. > How can i implement this feature on my fresh STABLE-7 install ? Not to dissuade you from what you're trying to accomplish, but "nslookup" has been deprecated (this has been stated a few times by the BIND folks), and "host" is probably on its way out as well (though I remember somewhere, sometime, nslookup used to state "being deprecated, use 'host' or 'dig' instead" -- or something like that). Please learn to use the "dig" command. I realise it has a somewhat high learning curve at first (syntax-wise it can be somewhat messy), but ultimately it's an immensely powerful -- or simple! -- DNS tool. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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