Okay, I give. I am brand new to perl and the only modules that I have used are File::Copy and Getopt::Std, so my experience is limited. I am trying to get into using Net::DNS and not having a very fun time. I am working on just trying to get a fqdn to resolve to an ip address. I have read the Net::DNS documentation. I also read the docs for Net::DNS::RR and Net::DNS::RR::PTR but I am just missing the construction. So far, I have: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

#use strict;
use Net::DNS;

$res = new Net:DNS::RR;
$query = $res->query("216.8.86.8","PTR");

if ($query) {
  foreach $rr ($query->answer) {
    next unless $rr->type eq "PTR";
    print "ptrdname =", $rr->ptrdname, "\n";
#    print $rr->address, "\n";
  }
} else {
  print "query failed: ", $res->errorstring, "\n";
}

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however, I just dont think this is correct syntax. I may be confusing some syntax that is proper for other Net::DNS modules and not RR::PTR.
A point in the right direction will help. Please dont refer me to the perldoc on these modules as the info contained there is the same as on cpan. humbly -c

Edit kudra, 2001-07-20 Changed title

In reply to Looking for Net::DNS use syntax by c

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