ahost(1) General Commands Manual ahost(1)
NAME
ahost - print the A or AAAA record associated with a hostname or IP
address
SYNOPSIS
ahost [OPTION]... HOST...
DESCRIPTION
Look up the DNS A or AAAA record associated with HOST (a hostname or an
IP address).
This utility comes with the c-ares asynchronous resolver library.
OPTIONS
-d Print some extra debugging output.
-h, -? Display this help and exit.
-t type
If type is "a", print the A record. If type is "aaaa", print
the AAAA record. If type is "u", look for both AAAA and A
records (default).
-s server
Set the server list to use for DNS lookups.
-D domain
Specify the domain to search instead of using the default values
from
/etc/resolv.conf. This option only has an effect on platforms
that use
/etc/resolv.conf for DNS configuration; it has no effect on
other platforms (such as Win32 or Android).
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to the c-ares mailing list:
https://lists.haxx.se/listinfo/c-ares
SEE ALSO
acountry(1), adig(1)
c-ares utilities April 2011 ahost(1)
c-ares 1.27.0 - Generated Fri Feb 23 05:49:52 CST 2024