> Address:  192.168.0.1
> 
> *** pilchuck can't find rainier: Non-existent host/domain
> 
> (And dig just returns a root server.)
> 
> It does resolve though:
> 
> $ telnet rainier daytime
> Trying 192.168.0.2...
> Connected to rainier.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Fri Apr 20 11:22:10 2001
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> Is there any command-line utility that is simply an interface to
> gethostbyname(3)? (I tried using apropos to find something.)

ping -c 1 <name> should be ok