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After connecting VPN, I often have to flush DNS to get my private hosts to be found. I would do this

sudo discoveryutil mdnsflushcache; sudo discoveryutil udnsflushcaches

Now, after upgrading to Yosemite 10.10.4, I get

sudo: discoveryutil: command not found

So, discoveryutil is gone in 10.10.4? How can I flush DNS now?

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Since discoveryutil was replaced by its predecessor mDNSResponder in 10.10.4 use sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder again (like in Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks) to flush the DNS cache.

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A colleague has suggested sudo dscacheutil -flushcache. The Apple documentation states

dscacheutil -- gather information, statistics and initiate queries to the Directory Service cache.

-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.

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  • Discovery util is missing..... That's what the original post said. – Sephethus Jan 30 '20 at 15:48
  • this answer suggests dscacheutil not discoveryutil. also, check out the author of this question and of the original post...and this comment. – Kirby Jan 30 '20 at 17:57