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diff --git a/net/gethost/DESCR b/net/gethost/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c8c1a0ccd74 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/gethost/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +gethost does hostname and IP lookups. It supports IPv6. +It uses standard libraries and it doesn't necessarily +use DNS resolver only. So it is useful for troubleshooting +/etc/hosts, for example. gethost can also time each lookup +to show the elapsed time in seconds. Multiple lookups +can be done on one command-line. |