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avahi-resolve-host-name

avahi-resolve(1)					      General Commands Manual						  avahi-resolve(1)

NAME

       avahi-resolve - Resolve one or more mDNS/DNS host name(s) to IP address(es) (and vice versa) using the Avahi daemon

SYNOPSIS

       avahi-resolve --name host-name ...

       avahi-resolve-host-name host-name ...

       avahi-resolve --address address ...

       avahi-resolve-address address ...

DESCRIPTION

       Resolve	one  or more mDNS/DNS host name(s) to IP address(es) (and vice versa) using the Avahi daemon. The daemon is not the standard Avahi
       daemon but a proxy to a Bonjour daemon.

OPTIONS

       When passing -n, specify one or more fully qualified mDNS/DNS host name(s) (e.g. "foo.local") to resolve into IP addresses on  the  command
       line. When passing -a, specify one or more IP address to resolve into host names.

       avahi-resolve-host-name is equivalent to avahi-resolve --name.

       avahi-resolve-address is equivalent to avahi-resolve --address.

       -n | --name
	      Translate one or more fully qualified host names into addresses.

       -a | --address
	      Translate one or more addresses into fully qualified host names.

       -v | --verbose
	      Enable verbose mode.

       -6     When resolving a host name, look for IPv6 addresses exclusively.

       -4     When resolving a host name, look for IPv4 addresses exclusively.

       -h | --help
	      Show help.

       -V | --version
	      Show version information.

SEE ALSO

       avahi-publish-address(1)

COMMENTS

       This man page was written using xml2man(1) by Oliver Kurth.

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