Re: Host sometimes Succeeds with Empty Output

2012-09-14 Thread Kevin Darcy
On 9/14/2012 2:05 PM, Martin McCormick wrote: Kevin Darcy writes: I don't use "host" very much, but I would assume it returns a "successful" exit code as long as the RCODE of the response is NOERROR. This would explain the behavior you are seeing, since by creating a name "www.physicscourses.oks

Re: Host sometimes Succeeds with Empty Output

2012-09-14 Thread Martin McCormick
Kevin Darcy writes: > I don't use "host" very much, but I would assume it returns a "successful" > exit code as long as the RCODE of the response is NOERROR. This would > explain the behavior you are seeing, since by creating a name > "www.physicscourses.okstate.edu", if its parent > "physicscourse

Re: Host sometimes Succeeds with Empty Output

2012-09-14 Thread Kevin Darcy
On 9/14/2012 10:48 AM, Martin McCormick wrote: I needed to delete the CNAME record of physicscourses.okstate.edu. After the deletion, the host command would silently exit successfully as if this alias was still there. I have seen this behavior a few times before but am not sure what triggers it a

Re: Host sometimes Succeeds with Empty Output

2012-09-14 Thread Sten Carlsen
Timeouts along the chain? On 14/09/12 16:48, Martin McCormick wrote: I needed to delete the CNAME record of physicscourses.okstate.edu. After the deletion, the host command would silently exit successfully as if this alias was still there. I have seen this behavior a few times before but am not

Host sometimes Succeeds with Empty Output

2012-09-14 Thread Martin McCormick
I needed to delete the CNAME record of physicscourses.okstate.edu. After the deletion, the host command would silently exit successfully as if this alias was still there. I have seen this behavior a few times before but am not sure what triggers it as one normally gets the usual "host whatever.com