Use the NSLOOKUP command to specify an
individual query in command mode.
Format
>>-NSLOOKUP--+-----------------+--+-domain_name----+------------>
| .-------------. | '-domain_address-'
| V | |
'---| -Option |-+-'
>--+----------------+------------------------------------------><
+-server_name----+
'-server_address-'
Parameters
- -Option
- For a description of the NSLOOKUP options, see NSLOOKUP options.
- domain_name
- Queries
the name server for information about the current query type of domain_name.
The default query type is A (address query).
If the domain name
starts with an underscore (_), you must prefix the domain name with
the escape character (\).
- domain_address
- Reverses
the components of the address and generates a pointer type (PTR) query
to the name server for the in-addr.arpa domain mapping
of the address to a domain name.
- server_name
- Directs
the default name server to map server_name to
an IP address and then use the name server at that IP address.
- server_address
- Specifies
the IP address of the name server to be queried other than the default
name server. A query for the address in the in-addr.arpa domain
is initially made to the default name server to map the IP address
to a domain name for the server.
Usage
The parameters and subcommands of
NSLOOKUP are case sensitive and must be entered in lowercase. Parameter
values and domain names are not case sensitive.
If the resolver
trace is active, the trace will show the initial values before the
NSLOOKUP command line options are processed.