+++ Shridhar Daithankar [linux-india] <04/03/02 19:57 +0530>:
> One of my colleague is asked to accept such a possible format like
> 192.168.5.0x44.
Freebsd and SunOS both don't have a hassle with *ping*. However, they refuse
to nslookup. Might want to look at the code to decide just what you want to
do with it.
#1 ...
blackehlo 22:34:46 [~]$ uname -rs
FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE
blackehlo 22:31:03 [~]$ ping 205.158.62.0x44
PING 205.158.62.0x44 (205.158.62.68): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 205.158.62.68: icmp_seq=0 ttl=46 time=274.371 ms
blackehlo 22:34:48 [~]$ nslookup 205.158.62.0x44
*** cm203-168-223-201.hkcable.com.hk can't find 205.158.62.0x44:
Non-existent host/domain
blackehlo 22:37:10 [~]$ nslookup 205.158.62.68
Name: 205-158-62-68.outblaze.com
Address: 205.158.62.68
#2 ...
garcia$ uname -rs
SunOS 4.1.4
garcia$ ping 205.158.62.0x44
205.158.62.0x44 is alive
garcia$ nslookup ping 205.158.62.0x44
*** Can't find server name for address 205.158.62.68: No response from server
*** Default servers are not available
mallet@garcia$ nslookup 205.158.62.0x44
*** ns.efn.org can't find 205.158.62.0x44: Non-existent host/domain
--srs
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Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org
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