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diff --git a/bin/dig/dig.html b/bin/dig/dig.html index 34d3a4ff..9f2e995b 100644 --- a/bin/dig/dig.html +++ b/bin/dig/dig.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- - - Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") + - Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") - Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2003 Internet Software Consortium. - - Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any @@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ - OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR - PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. --> -<!-- $Id: dig.html,v 1.6.2.15 2006/06/29 13:02:05 marka Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: dig.html,v 1.6.2.23 2007/05/16 06:57:45 marka Exp $ --> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>dig</title> -<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.70.1"> +<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.71.1"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"> -<a name="id2482688"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> +<a name="id2476275"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2>Name</h2> <p>dig — DNS lookup utility</p> @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ <div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">dig</code> [global-queryopt...] [query...]</p></div> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2549529"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> +<a name="id2543474"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> <p> <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> (domain information groper) is a flexible tool for interrogating DNS name servers. It performs DNS lookups and @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Although <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> is normally used with arguments, it also has a batch mode of operation for reading lookup requests from a file. A brief summary of its command-line arguments and options is printed when the <code class="option">-h</code> option is given. -Unlike earlier versions, the BIND9 implementation of +Unlike earlier versions, the BIND 9 implementation of <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> allows multiple lookups to be issued from the command line. </p> @@ -67,9 +67,15 @@ It is possible to set per user defaults for <span><strong class="command">dig</s <code class="filename">${HOME}/.digrc</code>. This file is read and any options in it are applied before the command line arguments. </p> +<p> + The IN and CH class names overlap with the IN and CH top level + domains names. Either use the <code class="option">-t</code> and + <code class="option">-c</code> options to specify the type and class or + use "IN." and "CH." when looking up these top level domains. + </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2549656"></a><h2>SIMPLE USAGE</h2> +<a name="id2543542"></a><h2>SIMPLE USAGE</h2> <p> A typical invocation of <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> looks like: </p> @@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ ANY, A, MX, SIG, etc. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2549735"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2> +<a name="id2543621"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2> <p> The <code class="option">-b</code> option sets the source IP address of the query to <em class="parameter"><code>address</code></em>. This must be a valid address on @@ -116,13 +122,13 @@ one of the host's network interfaces. <p> The default query class (IN for internet) is overridden by the <code class="option">-c</code> option. <em class="parameter"><code>class</code></em> is any valid -class, such as HS for Hesiod records or CH for CHAOSNET records. +class, such as HS for Hesiod records or CH for Chaosnet records. </p> <p> The <code class="option">-f</code> option makes <span><strong class="command">dig </strong></span> operate in batch mode by reading a list of lookup requests to process from the file <em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em>. The file contains a number of -queries, one per line. Each entry in the file should be organised in +queries, one per line. Each entry in the file should be organized in the same way they would be presented as queries to <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> using the command-line interface. </p> @@ -137,7 +143,7 @@ on a non-standard port number. <p> The <code class="option">-t</code> option sets the query type to <em class="parameter"><code>type</code></em>. It can be any valid query type which is -supported in BIND9. The default query type "A", unless the +supported in BIND 9. The default query type is "A", unless the <code class="option">-x</code> option is supplied to indicate a reverse lookup. A zone transfer can be requested by specifying a type of AXFR. When an incremental zone transfer (IXFR) is required, @@ -147,7 +153,7 @@ since the serial number in the zone's SOA record was <em class="parameter"><code>N</code></em>. </p> <p> -Reverse lookups - mapping addresses to names - are simplified by the +Reverse lookups — mapping addresses to names — are simplified by the <code class="option">-x</code> option. <em class="parameter"><code>addr</code></em> is an IPv4 address in dotted-decimal notation, or a colon-delimited IPv6 address. When this option is used, there is no need to provide the @@ -181,7 +187,7 @@ being used. In BIND, this is done by providing appropriate </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2549969"></a><h2>QUERY OPTIONS</h2> +<a name="id2543786"></a><h2>QUERY OPTIONS</h2> <p> <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> provides a number of query options which affect the way in which lookups are made and the results displayed. Some of @@ -202,7 +208,7 @@ The query options are: <dt><span class="term"><code class="option">+[no]tcp</code></span></dt> <dd><p> Use [do not use] TCP when querying name servers. The default -behaviour is to use UDP unless an AXFR or IXFR query is requested, in +behavior is to use UDP unless an AXFR or IXFR query is requested, in which case a TCP connection is used. </p></dd> <dt><span class="term"><code class="option">+[no]vc</code></span></dt> @@ -278,7 +284,7 @@ resolve the lookup. </p></dd> <dt><span class="term"><code class="option">+[no]cmd</code></span></dt> <dd><p> -toggles the printing of the initial comment in the output identifying +Toggles the printing of the initial comment in the output identifying the version of <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> and the query options that have been applied. This comment is printed by default. </p></dd> @@ -302,7 +308,7 @@ print comments. <dt><span class="term"><code class="option">+[no]stats</code></span></dt> <dd><p> This query option toggles the printing of statistics: when the query -was made, the size of the reply and so on. The default behaviour is +was made, the size of the reply and so on. The default behavior is to print the query statistics. </p></dd> <dt><span class="term"><code class="option">+[no]qr</code></span></dt> @@ -338,7 +344,7 @@ Set or clear all display flags. <dd><p> Sets the timeout for a query to -<em class="parameter"><code>T</code></em> seconds. The default time out is 5 seconds. +<em class="parameter"><code>T</code></em> seconds. The default timeout is 5 seconds. An attempt to set <em class="parameter"><code>T</code></em> to less than 1 will result in a query timeout of 1 second being applied. </p></dd> @@ -378,7 +384,7 @@ of the <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> output. <dd><p> Do not try the next server if you receive a SERVFAIL. The default is to not try the next server which is the reverse of normal stub resolver -behaviour. +behavior. </p></dd> <dt><span class="term"><code class="option">+[no]besteffort</code></span></dt> <dd><p> @@ -396,7 +402,7 @@ in the OPT record in the additional section of the query. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2550535"></a><h2>MULTIPLE QUERIES</h2> +<a name="id2544354"></a><h2>MULTIPLE QUERIES</h2> <p> The BIND 9 implementation of <span><strong class="command">dig </strong></span> supports specifying multiple queries on the command line (in addition to @@ -437,7 +443,7 @@ will not print the initial query when it looks up the NS records for </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2550594"></a><h2>FILES</h2> +<a name="id2544481"></a><h2>FILES</h2> <p> <code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf</code> </p> @@ -446,7 +452,7 @@ will not print the initial query when it looks up the NS records for </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2550613"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2> +<a name="id2544500"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2> <p> <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">host</span>(1)</span>, <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>, @@ -455,7 +461,7 @@ will not print the initial query when it looks up the NS records for </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2550651"></a><h2>BUGS </h2> +<a name="id2544606"></a><h2>BUGS </h2> <p> There are probably too many query options. </p> |