QUOTE(Farelf @ Sep 2 2008, 10:26 PM)
efa, I think that is self explanatory but please feel free to add to the explanation 'over there' if you wish.
The C source for 'dig' come from Bind (the most famous and 90% share DNS) source repository:
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind8/contrib/The C source for 'whois' come from:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/The package at:
http://members.shaw.ca/nicholas.fong/dig/consist of the previous source and related dependancy library compiled with Cygwin (http://cygwin.com/) compiler, a port for Win32 of GNU/GPL gcc (http://gcc.gnu.org/)
The binary fornited are:
cygwin1.dll (and old 2006/01/20)
host.exe
dig.exe
whois.exe
sha1.exe
libbind9.dll
libdns.dll
libeay32.dll
libisc.dll
libisccfg.dll
liblwres.dll
msvcr70.dll
resolv.conf
"You still need a file called "resolv.conf" sitting in %systemroot%\System32\Drivers\Etc"
As bonus you get:
host.exe, a simple direct DNS resolver (DomainName 2 IPaddress. You can do the same thing with "dig domain.tld A")
sha1.exe, the best hash for big (2GB and more) files around.
All are really 100% free software.
If you are a poor Win32 only user and do not know much about compiler, as dig isn't packaged with the NullSoft automatic installer that do all that for you, do manually:
0 - Login as administrator
1 - Create a new directory like:
C:\Program files\dig
and expand the binary there.
2 - look in your windows\system32 if you already have a DLL named:
msvcr70.dll
if so, remove the file in C:\Program files\dig\msvcr70.dll
3 - look in your system if you already have a DLL named:
cygwin1.dll
if so and (ONLY) is newer, remove the file in C:\Program files\dig\cygwin1.dll
4 - remove the file:
C:\Program files\resolv.conf
5 - create and empty file in:
WinXP/Vista: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\resolv.conf
Windows 2000/NT4: c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\resolv.conf
"With this empty file present, dig will use the Windows default system DNS server."
6 - Click..Start...Run... type control...in Category "Performance and Maintenance", System, Advanced, Environment Variables.
Look in the botton half of the screen, "System/Common variables" section.
Double click the variable PATH to enter edit mode. Append:
;C:\Program files\dig
to the Variable value.