is DNS support available in Linux? Urgently needed...

Hi all,
I was wondering if DNS support ( for queries such as NAPTR, SRV and
A records ) was available in any version of Linux. Specifically, for
example, there is a query called "res_nmkquery" supported in Solaris .
However, there is no such entry in Linux! I needed to check some
project code at home, but I don't have Solaris installed. Currently I
have Asianux Linux installed at home. Can any one please enlighten it
and if there are any alternatives to installing Solaris for the mere
purpose of using DNS???

Regards,

Timmy Jose.

"zoltan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I was wondering if DNS support ( for queries such as NAPTR, SRV and
> A records ) was available in any version of Linux. Specifically, for
> example, there is a query called "res_nmkquery" supported in Solaris .
> However, there is no such entry in Linux! I needed to check some
> project code at home, but I don't have Solaris installed. Currently I
> have Asianux Linux installed at home. Can any one please enlighten it
> and if there are any alternatives to installing Solaris for the mere
> purpose of using DNS???

You should have res_nmkquery. On my linux box:

$ grep res_nmkq /usr/include/*.h
/usr/include/resolv.h:#define res_nmkquery __res_nmkquery
/usr/include/resolv.h:int res_nmkquery (res_state, int, const
char *, int, int,

$ nm /usr/lib/libresolv.a | grep res_nmkq
U __res_nmkquery
00000000 T __res_nmkquery
U __res_nmkquery

DS

David Schwartz wrote:
> "zoltan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> > I was wondering if DNS support ( for queries such as NAPTR, SRV and
> > A records ) was available in any version of Linux. Specifically, for
> > example, there is a query called "res_nmkquery" supported in Solaris .
> > However, there is no such entry in Linux! I needed to check some
> > project code at home, but I don't have Solaris installed. Currently I
> > have Asianux Linux installed at home. Can any one please enlighten it
> > and if there are any alternatives to installing Solaris for the mere
> > purpose of using DNS???
>
> You should have res_nmkquery. On my linux box:
>
> $ grep res_nmkq /usr/include/*.h
> /usr/include/resolv.h:#define res_nmkquery __res_nmkquery
> /usr/include/resolv.h:int res_nmkquery (res_state, int, const
> char *, int, int,

Hi David,
Thanks so much for that help. Yes, it works on my system too! I
just didn't know that it was named "res_mkquery" in Linux! I think I
should be able to take it from here.

Regards,

Timmy Jose.
>
> $ nm /usr/lib/libresolv.a | grep res_nmkq
> U __res_nmkquery
> 00000000 T __res_nmkquery
> U __res_nmkquery
>
> DS