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	int_ua	2012-02-14 , 17:16
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Originally Posted by PanzerSajt

Can you shortly describe what this command does?

Human readable: It shows the system where to look for DNS records.
When you use it natively networkmanager/wicd/etc will do it automatically.
8.8.8.8 is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Public_DNS
Further reading:

Code:

$ man resolv.conf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_server

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