Why is Firefox such a beast??

[Tim]

Tim:
>> The process of working it out *CAN* be done like this.  I am "gonzales"
>> lookup this to find my IP, I find I am 192.168.1.11.  Okay, now lets
>> lookup 192.168.1.11 (a reverse lookup) to find my FQDN, and I get told
>> that I'm "gonzales.example.com.", and that's the end of that story.

Timothy Murphy:
> I think you would have to explain what you mean by "lookup"
> for this explanation to be much use.
> There is no command "lookup" on my system.

It's an explanation of a process, not a list of commands.  "Lookup"
means "get an answer *about* something," it's a dictionary word, not a
computer command.

e.g. I am "gonzales" lookup this (the hostname gonzales) to find...

-- 
[tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686

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