- easily in shell scripts to do simple lookups. In a more advanced
- mode it can be used as a general-purpose DNS helper program for
- scripting languages which can invoke and communicate with
- subprocesses.
-
-Forthcoming:
-
- A native Perl interface is in the works, thanks to Tony Finch.
-
- I hope that future versions may also have the following features:
- * The library should be useable by threads in a multithreaded
- program in a natural way. It should multiplex many threads'
- queries through a single query socket.
- * IPv6 support.
- * Some kind of awareness of DNSSEC.
- * Possibly some very limited caching behaviour.
-
- (Technical note: adns requires a real nameserver like [1]BIND or
- [2]Dents running on the same system or a nearby one, which must be
- willing to provide `recursive service'. I.e., adns is a `stub
- resolver'. All properly configured UN*X and GNU systems will already
- have such nameserver(s); they are usually listed in /etc/resolv.conf.)
-
+ easily in from the command line and from shell scripts to do simple
+ lookups. In a more advanced mode it can be used as a
+ general-purpose DNS helper program for scripting languages which
+ can invoke and communicate with subprocesses. See the [1]adnshost
+ usage message for a summary of its capabilities.
+