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NSLOOKUP(1)			     BIND9			   NSLOOKUP(1)

NAME
       nslookup - query Internet name servers interactively

SYNOPSIS
       nslookup [-option] [name | -] [server]

DESCRIPTION
       Nslookup is a program to query Internet domain name servers.  Nslookup
       has two modes: interactive and non-interactive. Interactive mode allows
       the user to query name servers for information about various hosts and
       domains or to print a list of hosts in a domain. Non-interactive mode
       is used to print just the name and requested information for a host or
       domain.

ARGUMENTS
       Interactive mode is entered in the following cases:

       1.  when no arguments are given (the default name server will be used)

       2.  when the first argument is a hyphen (-) and the second argument is
	   the host name or Internet address of a name server.

       Non-interactive mode is used when the name or Internet address of the
       host to be looked up is given as the first argument. The optional
       second argument specifies the host name or address of a name server.

       Options can also be specified on the command line if they precede the
       arguments and are prefixed with a hyphen. For example, to change the
       default query type to host information, and the initial timeout to 10
       seconds, type:

	   nslookup -query=hinfo -timeout=10

INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
       host [server]
	   Look up information for host using the current default server or
	   using server, if specified. If host is an Internet address and the
	   query type is A or PTR, the name of the host is returned. If host
	   is a name and does not have a trailing period, the search list is
	   used to qualify the name.

	   To look up a host not in the current domain, append a period to the
	   name.

       server domain

       lserver domain
	   Change the default server to domain; lserver uses the initial
	   server to look up information about domain, while server uses the
	   current default server. If an authoritative answer can't be found,
	   the names of servers that might have the answer are returned.

       root
	   not implemented

       finger
	   not implemented

       ls
	   not implemented

       view
	   not implemented

       help
	   not implemented

       ?
	   not implemented

       exit
	   Exits the program.

       set keyword[=value]
	   This command is used to change state information that affects the
	   lookups. Valid keywords are:
	   all
	   Prints the current values of the frequently used options to set.
	   Information about the current default server and host is also
	   printed.

       class=value
	   Change the query class to one of:
	   IN
	   the Internet class

       CH
	   the Chaos class

       HS
	   the Hesiod class

       ANY
	   wildcard

	   The class specifies the protocol group of the information.

	   (Default = IN; abbreviation = cl)

	[no]debug
	   Turn on or off the display of the full response packet and any
	   intermediate response packets when searching.

	   (Default = nodebug; abbreviation = [no]deb)

	[no]d2
	   Turn debugging mode on or off. This displays more about what
	   nslookup is doing.

	   (Default = nod2)

       domain=name
	   Sets the search list to name.

	[no]search
	   If the lookup request contains at least one period but doesn't end
	   with a trailing period, append the domain names in the domain
	   search list to the request until an answer is received.

	   (Default = search)

       port=value
	   Change the default TCP/UDP name server port to value.

	   (Default = 53; abbreviation = po)

       querytype=value

       type=value
	   Change the type of the information query.

	   (Default = A; abbreviations = q, ty)

	[no]recurse
	   Tell the name server to query other servers if it does not have the
	   information.

	   (Default = recurse; abbreviation = [no]rec)

       retry=number
	   Set the number of retries to number.

       timeout=number
	   Change the initial timeout interval for waiting for a reply to
	   number seconds.

	[no]vc
	   Always use a virtual circuit when sending requests to the server.

	   (Default = novc)

	[no]fail
	   Try the next nameserver if a nameserver responds with SERVFAIL or a
	   referral (nofail) or terminate query (fail) on such a response.

	   (Default = nofail)

FILES
       /etc/resolv.conf

SEE ALSO
       dig(1), host(1), named(8).

AUTHOR
       Andrew Cherenson

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")

BIND9								  Jun 30, 2000
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