From 0f44724dbc0fd65c5e1677b70d0f690105291553 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Andrews Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:50:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 1390. [func] host now supports ixfr. --- bin/dig/host.1 | 16 +++++++++------- bin/dig/host.html | 25 +++++++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/bin/dig/host.1 b/bin/dig/host.1 index 030280a45c..db1dea6e79 100644 --- a/bin/dig/host.1 +++ b/bin/dig/host.1 @@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ output. .PP List mode is selected by the \fB-l\fR option. This makes \fBhost\fR perform a zone transfer for zone -\fIname\fR. The argument is provided for -compatibility with older implemementations. This option is equivalent -to making a query of type AXFR. +\fIname\fR. Transfer the zone printing out the NS, PTR +and address records (A/AAAA). If combined with \fB-a\fR +all records will be printed. .PP -The \fB-n\fR +The \fB-i\fR option specifies that reverse lookups of IPv6 addresses should -use the IP6.INT domain and "nibble" labels as defined in RFC1886. -The default is to use IP6.ARPA and binary labels as defined in RFC2874. +use the IP6.INT domain as defined in RFC1886. +The default is to use IP6.ARPA. .PP The \fB-N\fR option sets the number of dots that have to be in \fIname\fR for it to be considered absolute. The @@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ type. By default it looks for A records, but if the \fB-C\fR option was given, queries will be made for SOA records, and if \fIname\fR is a dotted-decimal IPv4 address or colon-delimited IPv6 address, \fBhost\fR will -query for PTR records. +query for PTR records. If a query type of IXFR is chosen the starting +serial number can be specified by appending an equal followed by the +starting serial number (e.g. -t IXFR=12345678). .PP The time to wait for a reply can be controlled through the \fB-W\fR and \fB-w\fR options. The diff --git a/bin/dig/host.html b/bin/dig/host.html index 3896b3d9a9..e744642419 100644 --- a/bin/dig/host.html +++ b/bin/dig/host.html @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ >hostname. The argument is provided for -compatibility with older implemementations. This option is equivalent -to making a query of type AXFR.

. Transfer the zone printing out the NS, PTR +and address records (A/AAAA). If combined with -a +all records will be printed.

The -n-i option specifies that reverse lookups of IPv6 addresses should -use the IP6.INT domain and "nibble" labels as defined in RFC1886. -The default is to use IP6.ARPA and binary labels as defined in RFC2874.

The host will -query for PTR records.

The time to wait for a reply can be controlled through the

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