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From: lshaw@walt.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: BITFTP/abcfd20 woes
Summary: Use nslookup
Keywords: hosttable, ``number address'', nslookup
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Date: 31 Aug 90 18:11:38 GMT
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In article <1055@tau.sm.luth.se> d88-mbe@sm.luth.se (Michael Bergman) writes:

[ stuff about not being able to reach abcfd20 because the hostname wasn't
known and asking about how to find out the ``number address'' deleted ]

>On my Sun OS3.5 system I can see any number address for a given name
>by doing 'telnet name.blah.buh 13' for example. The telnet program then
>prints "Trying xxx.yyy.zz.q" or something similar. However, I don't know
>if the name has to be in the hosttable already for this to work. I couldn't

The way to find the number is to do this:
  nslookup abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov

This _does_ work for things not in the hosttable.  This works at least under
SunOS 4.0.3.
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