Hello Nathaniel, Friday, November 02, 2001, Wert, Nathaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
WN> 1) I can get gethostbyname to work in this format: WN> gethostbyname('node.foo.com'). I need it to work in the following WN> format: gethostbyname($nodename). Is this not set up for that? $nodename='node.foo.com'; $ent=gethostbyname($nodename); where is your problem? example: use Socket; use Net::hostent; $h = gethostbyname("www.perl.com"); print "name:", $h->name," address:",inet_ntoa($h->addr),"\n", Best wishes, Maxim mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]