Hostname from Internet address?

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In article <1990Dec25.070328.4413 at msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> raja at cpswh.cps.msu.edu writes:
>
>Given a hostname (e.g. zip.foo.bar.edu), one
>can use a network information program like
>nslookup to find its Internet address.  How
>about the other way round?  Given an internet
>address (e.g. 1.2.3.4), how would one find the 
>complete hostname?
The latest version of nslookup (from BIND.4.8.3) will take either a number
or a name.
Or you could throw together a little program using gethostbyaddr().
Or there is some arcane manipulation involving nslookup and in-addr.arpa

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