DOUG S. Download link no longer works, home page cannot be found. (Version 1.1)
MACUPDATE ADMIN Links fixed. (Version 1.1)
FONAS This does NOT just flush the DNS cache; it flushes the whole Directory Service cache. The man page for dscacheutil says:
-flushcache
Flushes the entire cache. This should only be used in extreme
cases. Validation information is used within the cache along
with other techniques to ensure the OS has valid information
available to it. (Version 1.1)
MACUPDATE ADMIN Whenever I have trouble, for example, accessing some websites that I know are accessible, I use:
lookupd -flushcache (Version 1.1)
SATYRICA Why do people always try to show off that they know
how to use terminal and ask stupid questions like
that.
If you were intelligent u'd know this is simply a gui
frontend of that.... (Version 1.0)
SCHMELDING We exist because of anti-Terminal people like you. It keeps the world in balance. :)
~$ping SATYRICA
ping: cannot resolve SATYRICA: Unknown host (Version 1.1)
CHOLYWELL What does this do different from just typing: "dscacheutil -flushcache" ? (Version 1.0)
SJK Apparently nothing different:
% strings MacOS/DNS\ Flusher | fgrep cache
/usr/bin/dscacheutil
-flushcache (Version 1.0)
MACMODELA It provides folks an option if they don't know how to use the Terminal (Version 1.0)