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From:	"Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
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Subject:	RE: [Mingw-msys] POSIX names for drive letters
Date:	Fri, 1 Sep 2006 10:35:05 +0100
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On 01 September 2006 08:37, Schwarz, Konrad wrote:

> $ nslookup localhost
> Server:  mail2.siemens.de
> Address:  139.25.208.11
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:    localhost.ww002.siemens.net
> Address:  127.0.0.1
> 
> $
> 
> which is weird, I shouldn't have thought that nslookup return a positive
> answer at all, and especially not a fully-qualified name.

  nslookup by default appends the local domain.  Use a period to prevent it.
Try "nslookup localhost." instead.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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