HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 1 User Commands A-M (vol 1)

host(1) host(1)

the C option was given, queries will be made for SOA records; and if

name is a dotted-

decimal IPv4 address or colon-delimited IPv6 address,

host will query for PTR records.

W wait The time to wait for a reply can be controlled through the

W option. This option makes

host wait for wait seconds. If wait is less than 1, the wait interval is set to one second.

w When this option is used, host

will effectively wait forever for a reply. The time to wait

for a response will be set to the number of seconds given by the hardware’s maximum

value for an integer quantity.

FILES

/etc/resolv.conf