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.\" Copyright (C) the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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.\" Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg
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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
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.\" software and its documentation for any purpose and without
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.\" fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
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.\" notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
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.\" notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
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.\" documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in
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.\" advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
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.\" software without specific, written prior permission.
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.\" M.I.T. makes no representations about the suitability of
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.\" this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
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.\" without express or implied warranty.
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.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
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.\"
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.TH AHOST "1" "April 2011" "c-ares utilities"
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.SH NAME
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ahost \- print the A or AAAA record associated with a hostname or IP address
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B ahost
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[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIHOST\fR...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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.\" Add any additional description here
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.PP
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Look up the DNS A or AAAA record associated with HOST (a hostname or an
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IP address).
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.PP
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This utility comes with the \fBc\-ares\fR asynchronous resolver library.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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\fB\-d\fR
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Print some extra debugging output.
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.TP
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\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-?\fR
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Display this help and exit.
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.TP
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\fB\-t\fR type
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If type is "a", print the A record (default).
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If type is "aaaa", print the AAAA record.
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If type is "u", look for either AAAA or A record (in that order).
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.TP
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\fB\-s\fR \fIdomain\fP
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Specify the \fIdomain\fP to search instead of using the default values from
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.br
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/etc/resolv.conf. This option only has an effect on platforms that use
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.br
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/etc/resolv.conf
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for DNS configuration; it has no effect on other platforms (such as Win32
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or Android).
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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Report bugs to the c-ares mailing list:
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.br
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\fBhttps://lists.haxx.se/listinfo/c-ares\fR
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.PP
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acountry(1), adig(1).
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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This utility is based on code/ideas contained in software written by Greg Hudson (ares)
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carrying the following notice:
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.br
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Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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.br
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Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
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documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
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provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
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both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
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supporting documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in
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advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
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without specific, written prior permission. M.I.T. makes no
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representations about the suitability of this software for any
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purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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.br
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No further copyright claims are being made by the author(s) of this utility.
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