Re: Specify DNS server address to query

In article <c540md$25pu$1@sf1.isc.org>,
eigenchen@yahoo.com (Eigen Chen) wrote:

> Is there any software that can allow application to specify DNS server
> address while making a query ? for example,
>
> xxx_gethostbyname( hostname, dnsserveraddr )
>
> many thanks,

You can call res_init() before calling gethostbyname(), and any settings
you configure should apply to it.

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