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Re: [RFC] automatically retrying network connections
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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Re: [RFC] automatically retrying network connections |
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Sun, 22 Jul 2018 13:43:01 +0200 |
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Robert Pluim <address@hidden> writes:
> (dns-query NAME &optional TYPE FULLP REVERSEP)
>
> Query a DNS server for NAME of TYPE.
> If FULLP, return the entire record returned.
> If REVERSEP, look up an IP address.
>
> which you could use instead of 'nslookup' or 'getaddrinfo' (although
> 'dns-query' can also punt to 'nslookup', so maybe getaddrinfo is
> better).
getaddrinfo is probably a lot better. `dns-query' isn't that good at
retries and the like, if I remember correctly.
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Re: [RFC] automatically retrying network connections, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2018/07/22
Re: [RFC] automatically retrying network connections, Andy Moreton, 2018/07/22