ahost - print the A or AAAA record associated with a hostname or IP address

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS REPORTING BUGS SEE ALSO

NAME

ahost − print the A or AAAA record associated with a hostname or IP address

DESCRIPTION

Look up the DNS A or AAAA record associated with HOST (a hostname or an IP address).

This utility comes with the c−ares asynchronous resolver library.

OPTIONS

	−d		Print some extra debugging output.
	−h, −?		Display this help and exit.

−t type

If type is "a", print the A record. If type is "aaaa", print the AAAA record. If type is "u", look for both AAAA and A records (default).

−s server

Set the server list to use for DNS lookups.

−D domain

Specify the domain to search instead of using the default values from
/etc/resolv.conf. This option only has an effect on platforms that use
/etc/resolv.conf for DNS configuration; it has no effect on other platforms (such as Win32 or Android).

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to the c-ares mailing list:
https://lists.haxx.se/listinfo/c-ares