From: kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de (Christoph Kukulies)
Subject: Re: HELP : Where is VOGLE.ARJ ??
To: acc AT asterix DOT inescn DOT pt (Antonio Costa)
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 94 9:16:20 MET DST
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (user alias)

> 
> >I've just finished reading the message concerning the vogle correction
> >in VOGLE.ARJ.
> >This file was uploaded to asterix.inescn.pt, a site I can reach with
> >its name. So can someone give me the NUMERICAL ADDRESS of it ?
> 
> Hi.
> I am the maintainer of the DJGPP stuff at asterix.inescn.pt
> I recommend you to use the name, not the IP address, because it
> may change (as it was the case in March) and you will have problems...
> 
> Anyway, you can use in UNIX a command like:
> 
> 	ping -v asterix.inescn.pt (for ULTRIX systems)
> 	ping -s asterix.inescn.pt (for other systems)
> 
> to find the IP address.

Using ping does not guarantee that the symbolic name is resolved. If for
any reason he cannot reach his  nameserver then ping is not any better than
ftp at this point.


> Many times, the ping executable is in /etc or /usr/etc.
> 
> Regards,
> Antonio.

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--Chris  Christoph P. U. Kukulies    kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de	 
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