On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 08:00:57AM -0400, Asif Iqbal wrote: > Actually in a situation like that I query against hobbitdboard to get > the ACKCODE > > bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard" | grep HOSTNAME | grep SERVICE A simpler method (at least for the server to handle) is bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard host=HOSTNAME test=TESTNAME fields=cookie" Henrik