X-Git-Url: https://iankelling.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=chost;h=204637b003852d21d7c661b966f41e9a69d73ae5;hb=14f283f82afc48d6cec1bb7498ec34ac2b0da77c;hp=a26529fee9efbeaf3a14632946d59d4e84d7bc8d;hpb=c47175685b348735b3440e16851dde2cc39b6f3f;p=automated-distro-installer

diff --git a/chost b/chost
index a26529f..204637b 100755
--- a/chost
+++ b/chost
@@ -11,5 +11,13 @@ host=$1
 # a valid address and we just use that
 addr=$(host $host | sed -rn 's/^\S+ has address //p;T;q' ||:)
 h=$(host $addr)
+case $h in
+  *"no PTR record")
+    echo "error: chost: $h" >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
 h=${h##* }
+# trailing dot in a hostname will mess up rsync
+h=${h%.}
 echo $h