Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: DNS Cache questions - UNANSWERED Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:25:48 -0700 Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: <5f1fe80a$0$17361$65785112@news.neostrada.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 4IUdK4OZrHfB6kFIVLWtCwF+XCNxhbj7tbMx9HuSWFMunngCyE Cancel-Lock: sha1:oMlMrNfPt7VOl2G1SchsYd8ZbSQ= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 In-Reply-To: <5f1fe80a$0$17361$65785112@news.neostrada.pl> Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com uk.comp.sys.mac:145943 comp.sys.mac.system:133829 On 7/28/20 1:55 AM, Krzysztof Mitko wrote: > On 28/07/2020 10:40, Snit wrote: >> David_B wrote: >>> On 24/07/2020 13:30, David_B wrote: >>> >>>> I've just read here: https://phoenixnap.com/kb/how-to-flush-dns-cache >>>> >>>> Does anyone know a more simple way of clearing one's Cache (I'm using >>>> Catalina) >>> >>>> Is there any way to see what is currently in one's DNS cache BEFORE >>>> clearing it? >>> >>> >>> I would very much appreciate some help with this. >>> >>> It's difficult to believe that nobody in these groups has the technical >>> expertise to answer so do, please, help. TIA. >> >> I have no way to see the cache off hand, but I do have Automator actions >> set to run command line commands so I do not have to remember them. Even >> simple things like restarting the Dock. Not really needed but sometimes >> there is a small visual glitch on the Dock I like to fix. Or resetting >> launch services (sometimes apps get duplicated in the Open With menu or >> there are other similar glitches — though I have not seen that in some >> time). > > Or he can open Script Editor, paste > > do shell script "killall -HUP mDNSResponder" with administrator privileges > > and export is as an application (hence my joke about advanced cache > flushing app). Or he can create an executable bash script doing the > same. Or do something different. Sure. Lots of choice... I tend to go with a System Service because I can just click on the Finder menu and get to them, but a list off simple "app" scripts or other things might fit the needs of others better. >> So I can easily make a service where you can go to the Finder menu and >> select Service and then select the command. >> >> .... >> > > -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.