Personally, I find Net::DNS much easier to use. Consider:

#! /usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Net::DNS;

my $r = Net::DNS::Resolver->new;

for my $ip (@ARGV) {
    my $reverse = join( '.', reverse( split /\./, $ip )) . '.in-addr.a
+rpa';
    if (my $ap = $r->query( $reverse, 'PTR' )) {
        for my $pa ($ap->answer) {
            print "$ip => ", $pa->ptrdname, $/;
        }
    }
    else {
        print "$ip => NXDOMAIN\n";
    }
}

__OUTPUT__
./ptr 69.147.76.15
69.147.76.15 => f1.www.vip.re1.yahoo.com

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Update: easier... hmmm... let me rephrase that: "gives me finer control over what I want to do". It's a really useful module to have in your toolkit if you ever have to grovel around with CNAME, MX, NS, SOA records and the like.

2nd update: new improved! with error checking!

• another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl

In reply to Re: Net::Nslookup PTR lookup help (use Net::DNS) by grinder
in thread Net::Nslookup PTR lookup help by blackstealth

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