Patrick O'Keefe wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:19:58 -0400, Bob Rutledge
<deerh...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
...
You could be in for a surprise later in life...
c:\br>ping 100.020.002.020
Pinging 100.16.2.16 with 32 bytes of data:
0nn means octal nn.
...
On z/OS (and I assume other IBM mainframe operating systems) a
leading zero signifies a leading zero, not a switch to octal.
We include leading zeroes in some IP addresses because it
simplifies sorting.
READY
nslookup 10.20.100.4
EZB3170I Server: ...
EZB3172I Address: ...
EZB3170I Name: host...
EZB3172I Address: 10.20.100.4
READY
nslookup 10.020.100.4
EZB3170I Server: ...
EZB3172I Address: ...
EZB3010I *** ... can't find 10.020.100.4: Non-existent domain
At least as of z/OS 1.9.
Bob
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