Query from program?

Barry Margolin barmar at bbnplanet.com
Mon Feb 21 20:23:28 UTC 2000


In article <0lds4.8197$lK6.219736 at iad-read.news.verio.net>,
Paul D. Robertson <proberts at clark.net> wrote:
>I'm looking for a way to query a nameserver from a program like
>gethostbyname(), but where I can specify the external resolver to use.  Is
>there such a routine in BIND, or should I be looking for alternate
>resolver code somewhere?

The resolver library that's included with most Unix systems provides a
direct interface to sending DNS queries.  See the chapter titled
"Programming with the Resolver and Name Server Library Routines" in DNS &
BIND.

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