Here's my code fragment:

print "Starting DNS lookup on $ip ...";
        my $h=gethost($ip);
                   print "here?";   ###<-- This is printed
        $ripname{$ip}=$h->name;
        print "Or here?";   ### <-- This is never printed

        if (length($ripname{$ip})<3) {$ripname{$ip}='FAILED'};
        print "done, hostname for $ip is $ripname{$ip} !\n";    ####<-
+-- Neither is this

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The code is in the else part of an if statement, it seems that when gethost is called, it ends the if statement. Normal program flow then resumes.

I went back to using gethostbyaddr, which is failing to resolve anything. It appears perl is not picking up my nameserver settings. Regardless, gethost should be failing politely, not shredding the rest of the block. 

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 6 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
Build:  620

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I am running this on Win2k Pro Beta, if that makes a diff.

TIA

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In reply to gethost from Net::Hostent fails strangely by jepri

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