X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:13:21 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin DNS lookup utility Message-ID: <20080608171321.GA14209@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20080608160312 DOT GA13979 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 06:53:28PM +0200, David wrote: > On 2008-06-08 18:03:12 +0200, Christopher Faylor > said: > >> On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 05:52:06PM +0200, David wrote: >>> The GNU "host" command is a useful DNS lookup utility. >>> Is the "host" command available in cygwin? >>> (Cygwin does not install it by default) >>> If the "host" utility is available in cygwin, which cygwin package >>> should I install to have it? >> To answer "which cygwin package should I install" questions, cast your >> eyes to the left bar on the cygwin web page and find: >> Software >> Setup Package Search > > I have already done that, and I have not found the solution. > > There are two possible explanations for this: > 1- The "host" utility is not available at Cygwin > 2- I didn't find it, even using the "Setup Package Search" utility. The Setup Package Search is the definitive source. If you can't find "host" there it means it isn't available as a standard cygwin package. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/