


PC/hostname, version 5.0


A package to look up the internet address that corresponds to a
host's character string name, using the UDP/ICMP name server
protocol.


Usage:

     hostname name
or
     hostname name nameserver

Where "name" is the character string host name to be resolved. If
no nameserver is specified, hostname sends an inquiry to every
known name server, and displays all responses.

"nameserver" is an optional argument that, if provided,
identifies a specific name server that is to be invoked to
resolve the name "name".  "nameserver" may be either a character
string name (in which case it is resolved using the customized
name servers) or an internet address in standard form.

The section on hostnames and internet addresses provides more
information on the resolution of host names.  This command is
primarily useful for trouble isolation when one suspects that
name tables may be inconsistent or incorrect.


Customization:

PC/hostname has no special customization parameters of its own.  
The names and internet addresses of several ARPANET name 
servers are built in to PC/hostname, and are changeable only 
by recompiling or patching the program.  Name server addresses 
provided by customization are used only for resolution of name 
server names.  See the description of custom for explanation of 
these parameters.



26 October 1984.  This document is in file hostname.txt
