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Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]>
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[log in to unmask][log in to unmask]@-log####-nmlg####;show=offline;keep;create;olddate

I prefer to have my directory intact before restoreing any other files.

In both cases, you want ;show=offline to ensure you have an audit trail of
everything as well as having the restore process being displayed in
progress to the console - or wherever the restore was issue from. Nothing
is more frustrating than the listing disappearing off the top of the
screen, or not showing [...]39_27Jul199815:48:[log in to unmask]
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Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:48:19 -0700
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Duane Percox writes:
>
> >At 02:38 PM 7/27/98 -0400, Joe wrote (in one of those serendipitously
> >beautiful phrases!):
> >
> >>If you talking about standard "resolving" - then DNS is your best answer.
> >>BIND/iX exists in FREEWARE mode (but not for the feint of heart).
>
> Regarding a question about turning an ip into a domain name...
>
> Maybe a better option would be:
>
> in posix land: nslookup

BIND/iX (http://www.cccd.edu/~markb/bindix.html) comes with all sorts of nifty
utilities like nslookup and dig and host etc that are all fairly simple to use
and don't require you to personally be running a DNS *server* on your 3000.

If I wanted to resolve an IP address into a hostname, I would just:

:XEQ /BIND/PUB/bin/nslookup "159.115.2.222"
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