You never specified what you want. "Sometimes"??? Is that a specification? For instance, NXDOMAIN is *not* an error.
May be you actually want something like: ADDRS=$(dig +short www.google.com); if [ -z "$ADDRS" ]; then echo FAILURE; else echo SUCCESS; fi For another example of testing dig results, see the script in http://www.bortzmeyer.org/files/try-get-zone.sh -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to bind9 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/854705 Title: dig returns 0 regardless of result of query To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/+bug/854705/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
