NAME
ahost - print the A or AAAA record associated with a hostname or IP address
SYNOPSIS
ahost [OPTION]... HOST...
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