-$parm_hostname = (gethostbyname($temp))[0];
-$parm_hostname = "no.host.name.found" unless defined $parm_hostname and length $parm_hostname;
+if ($temp =~ /\./)
+ {
+ $parm_hostname = $temp;
+ }
+else
+ {
+ $parm_hostname = (gethostbyname($temp))[0];
+ $parm_hostname = "no.host.name.found" unless defined $parm_hostname and length $parm_hostname;
+ }