NSLOOKUP

NSLOOKUP (1)

quit Terminate interactive mode and return to the shell. Quit is an alias for exit.

root Change the default server to the server for the root of the domain name space. The default root server is nic.ddn.mil. (Root is a synonym for the command lserver nic.ddn.mil.) The name of the root server can be changed with the set root command.

server host lserver host

Change the default server to host. The lserver command uses the initial server to look up information about host, while the server command uses the current default server. If an authoritative answer cannot be found, the names of servers that might have the answer are returned.

set keyword[=value]

This command is used to change state information that affects the searches. The keywords can be abbreviated, as long as they remain unique. Valid keywords are:

[no]aaonly

Allow authoritative query only.

all Print the current values of options to set as well as information about the current default server and host.

ALL Print the current values of all options to set, including the hidden options, as well as information about the current default server and host.

[no]d2

Print exhaustive debugging information.

[no]debug

Turn debugging mode on. More information is printed about the packet sent to the server and the resulting answer. The default is nodebug.

[no]defname

Append the default domain name to the host name for every search. The default is nodefname.

domain=domain

Change the default domain name to domain.

[no]ignore

Ignore truncation errors.

[no]primary

Use the primary server for the queries.

Issue 3

E-31