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DNS Lookup

Do a DNS lookup to resolve a hostname to an IP address.

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Ruby
require 'chilkat'

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

socket = Chilkat::CkSocket.new()

maxWaitMs = 10000
ipAddr = socket.dnsLookup("www.chilkatsoft.com",maxWaitMs)
if (socket.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print socket.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "IP Address: " + ipAddr + "\n";