DNS lookup ICR (3056)

Name

Value

NUMBER

3056

IA #

3056

DATE CREATED

2000/03/01

CUSTODIAL PACKAGE

KERNEL

CUSTODIAL ISC

San Francisco

USAGE

Supported

TYPE

Routine

DBIC APPROVAL STATUS

APPROVED

ROUTINE

XLFNSLK

NAME

DNS lookup

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Call a DNS to resolve Domain names.

STATUS

Active

KEYWORDS

DNS

XLFNSLK

COMPONENT/ENTRY POINT

COMPONENT DESCRIPTION

VARIABLES

$$ADDRESS(domain_name[,type])

$$ADDRESS^XLFNSLK(domain_name[,type]) This call will
call a DNS to convert the domain name into IP address's.  The IP address of
the DNS is in the Kernel System Parameter file, field DNS IP.

Example: W $$ADDRESS^XLFNSLK("DNS") =>> 127.0.0.15

VARIABLES

TYPE

VARIABLES DESCRIPTION

domain_name

Input

domain_name is a fully qualified domain name like
DNS.

type

Input

This is input is optional.  Type is from the set A:
address (the default), CNAME: alias.

$$ADDRESS

Output

Returns a coma-separated list of IP address's that
are associated with the domain.

MAIL(RETURN, domain_name)

MAIL^XLFNSLK(RETURN, domain_name) This call will call
a DNS to get the MX records for a domain name with their IP address.

VARIABLES

TYPE

VARIABLES DESCRIPTION

domain_name

Input

domain_name is a fully qualified domain name like
DNS.

RETURN

Output

Pass by reference a local variable to hold the return
array. The data is subscripted by priority. domain_name is a full domain name
like DNS

Example: K ZX D MAIL(.ZX,"DNS") ZW ZX
ZX=2
ZX(30)=a2.DNS.^127.0.0.1
ZX(50)=gateway.DNS.^127.0.0.1