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365 lines
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.\" $Id: dig.1,v 1.1.1.1 1994/09/22 21:33:31 pst Exp $
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.\" Distributed with 'dig' version 2.0 from University of Southern
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.\" California Information Sciences Institute (USC-ISI).
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.\" dig.1 2.0 (USC-ISI) 8/30/90
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.\" Man page reformatted for this release by Andrew Cherenson
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.\" (arc@sgi.com)
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.\"
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.TH DIG 1 "August 30, 1990"
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.SH NAME
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dig \- send domain name query packets to name servers
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B dig
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.RI [ @\fIserver\fP ]
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.I domain
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.RI [ "<query-type>" ]
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.RI [ "<query-class>" ]
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.RI [ "+<query-option>" ]
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.RI [ "\-<dig-option>" ]
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.RI [ "%comment" ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fIDig\fP (domain information groper) is a flexible command line tool
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which can be used to gather information from the Domain
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Name System servers. \fIDig\fP has two modes: simple interactive mode
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which makes a single query, and batch which executes a query for
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each in a list of several query lines. All query options are
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accessible from the command line.
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.PP
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The usual simple use of \fIdig\fP will take the form:
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.sp 1
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dig @server domain query-type query-class
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.sp 1
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where:
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.IP \fIserver\fP
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may be either a domain name or a dot-notation
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Internet address. If this optional field is omitted, \fIdig\fP
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will attempt to use the default name server for your machine.
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.sp 1
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\fBNote:\fP If a domain name is specified, this will be resolved
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using the domain name system resolver (i.e., BIND). If your
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system does not support DNS, you may \fIhave\fP to specify a
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dot-notation address. Alternatively, if there is a server
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at your disposal somewhere, all that is required is that
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/etc/resolv.conf be present and indicate where the default
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name servers reside, so that \fIserver\fP itself can be
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resolved. See
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.IR resolver (5)
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for information on /etc/resolv.conf.
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(WARNING: Changing /etc/resolv.conf will affect
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the standard resolver library and potentially several
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programs which use it.) As an option, the user may set the
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environment variable LOCALRES to name a file which is to
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be used instead of /etc/resolv.conf (LOCALRES is specific
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to the \fIdig\fP resolver and not referenced by the standard
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resolver). If the LOCALRES variable is not set or the file
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is not readable then /etc/resolv.conf will be used.
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.IP \fIdomain\fP
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is the domain name for which you are requesting information.
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See OPTIONS [-x] for convenient way to specify inverse address
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query.
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.IP \fIquery-type\fP
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is the type of information (DNS query type) that
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you are requesting. If omitted, the default is "a" (T_A = address).
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The following types are recognized:
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.sp 1
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.ta \w'hinfoXX'u +\w'T_HINFOXX'u
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.nf
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a T_A network address
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any T_ANY all/any information about specified domain
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mx T_MX mail exchanger for the domain
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ns T_NS name servers
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soa T_SOA zone of authority record
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hinfo T_HINFO host information
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axfr T_AXFR zone transfer
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(must ask an authoritative server)
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txt T_TXT arbitrary number of strings
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.fi
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.sp 1
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(See RFC 1035 for the complete list.)
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.IP \fIquery-class\fP
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is the network class requested in the query. If
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omitted, the default is "in" (C_IN = Internet).
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The following classes are recognized:
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.sp 1
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.ta \w'hinfoXX'u +\w'T_HINFOXX'u
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.nf
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in C_IN Internet class domain
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any C_ANY all/any class information
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.fi
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.sp 1
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(See RFC 1035 for the complete list.)
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.sp 1
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\fBNote:\fP
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"Any" can be used to specify a class and/or a type of
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query. \fIDig\fP will parse the first occurrence of "any"
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to mean query-type = T_ANY. To specify query-class =
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C_ANY you must either specify "any" twice, or set
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query-class using "\-c" option (see below).
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.SH OTHER OPTIONS
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.IP "%ignored-comment"
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"%" is used to included an argument that is simply not
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parsed. This may be useful if running \fIdig\fP in batch
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mode. Instead of resolving every @server-domain-name in
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a list of queries, you can avoid the overhead of doing
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so, and still have the domain name on the command line
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as a reference. Example:
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.sp 1
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dig @128.9.0.32 %venera.isi.edu mx isi.edu
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.sp 1
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.IP "\-<dig option>"
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"\-" is used to specify an option which effects the
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operation of \fIdig\fP. The following options are currently
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available (although not guaranteed to be useful):
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.RS
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.IP "\-x \fIdot-notation-address\fP"
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Convenient form to specify inverse address mapping.
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Instead of "dig 32.0.9.128.in-addr.arpa" one can
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simply "dig -x 128.9.0.32".
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.IP "\-f \fIfile\fP"
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File for \fIdig\fP batch mode. The file contains a list
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of query specifications (\fIdig\fP command lines) which
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are to be executed successively. Lines beginning
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with ';', '#', or '\\n' are ignored. Other options
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may still appear on command line, and will be in
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effect for each batch query.
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.IP "\-T \fItime\fP"
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Time in seconds between start of successive
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queries when running in batch mode. Can be used
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to keep two or more batch \fIdig\fP commands running
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roughly in sync. Default is zero.
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.IP "\-p \fIport\fP"
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Port number. Query a name server listening to a
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non-standard port number. Default is 53.
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.IP "\-P[\fIping-string\fP]"
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After query returns, execute a
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.IR ping (@SYS_OPS_EXT@)
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command
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for response time comparison. This rather
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unelegantly makes a call to the shell. The last
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three lines of statistics is printed for the
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command:
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.sp 1
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ping \-s server_name 56 3
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.sp 1
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If the optional "ping string" is present, it
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replaces "ping \-s" in the shell command.
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.IP "\-t \fIquery-type\fP"
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Specify type of query. May specify either an
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integer value to be included in the type field
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or use the abbreviated mnemonic as discussed
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above (i.e., mx = T_MX).
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.IP "\-c \fIquery-class\fP"
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Specify class of query. May specify either an
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integer value to be included in the class field
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or use the abbreviated mnemonic as discussed
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above (i.e., in = C_IN).
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.IP "\-envsav"
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This flag specifies that the \fIdig\fP environment
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(defaults, print options, etc.), after
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all of the arguments are parsed, should be saved
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to a file to become the default environment.
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Useful if you do not like the standard set of
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defaults and do not desire to include a
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large number of options each time \fIdig\fP is used.
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The environment consists of resolver state
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variable flags, timeout, and retries as well as
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the flags detailing \fIdig\fP output (see below).
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If the shell environment variable LOCALDEF is set
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to the name of a file, this is where the default
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\fIdig\fP environment is saved. If not, the file
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"DiG.env" is created in the current working directory.
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.sp 1
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\fBNote:\fP LOCALDEF is specific to the \fIdig\fP resolver,
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and will not affect operation of the standard
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resolver library.
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.sp 1
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Each time \fIdig\fP is executed, it looks for "./DiG.env"
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or the file specified by the shell environment variable
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LOCALDEF. If such file exists and is readable, then the
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environment is restored from this file
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before any arguments are parsed.
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.IP "\-envset"
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This flag only affects
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batch query runs. When "\-envset" is
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specified on a line in a \fIdig\fP batch file,
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the \fIdig\fP environment after the arguments are parsed,
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becomes the default environment for the duration of
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the batch file, or until the next line which specifies
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"\-envset".
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.IP "\-[no]stick"
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This flag only affects batch query runs.
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It specifies that the \fIdig\fP environment (as read initially
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or set by "\-envset" switch) is to be restored before each query
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(line) in a \fIdig\fP batch file.
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The default "\-nostick" means that the \fIdig\fP environment
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does not stick, hence options specified on a single line
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in a \fIdig\fP batch file will remain in effect for
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subsequent lines (i.e. they are not restored to the
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"sticky" default).
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.RE
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.IP "+<query option>"
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"+" is used to specify an option to be changed in the
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query packet or to change \fIdig\fP output specifics. Many
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of these are the same parameters accepted by
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.IR nslookup (@SYS_OPS_EXT@).
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If an option requires a parameter, the form is as
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follows:
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.sp 1
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+keyword[=value]
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.sp 1
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Most keywords can be abbreviated. Parsing of the "+"
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options is very simplistic \(em a value must not be
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separated from its keyword by white space. The following
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keywords are currently available:
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.sp 1
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.nf
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.ta \w'domain=NAMEXX'u +\w'(deb)XXX'u
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Keyword Abbrev. Meaning [default]
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[no]debug (deb) turn on/off debugging mode [deb]
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[no]d2 turn on/off extra debugging mode [nod2]
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[no]recurse (rec) use/don't use recursive lookup [rec]
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retry=# (ret) set number of retries to # [4]
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time=# (ti) set timeout length to # seconds [4]
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[no]ko keep open option (implies vc) [noko]
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[no]vc use/don't use virtual circuit [novc]
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[no]defname (def) use/don't use default domain name [def]
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[no]search (sea) use/don't use domain search list [sea]
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domain=NAME (do) set default domain name to NAME
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[no]ignore (i) ignore/don't ignore trunc. errors [noi]
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[no]primary (pr) use/don't use primary server [nopr]
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[no]aaonly (aa) authoritative query only flag [noaa]
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[no]sort (sor) sort resource records [nosor]
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[no]cmd echo parsed arguments [cmd]
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[no]stats (st) print query statistics [st]
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[no]Header (H) print basic header [H]
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[no]header (he) print header flags [he]
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[no]ttlid (tt) print TTLs [tt]
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[no]cl print class info [nocl]
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[no]qr print outgoing query [noqr]
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[no]reply (rep) print reply [rep]
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[no]ques (qu) print question section [qu]
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[no]answer (an) print answer section [an]
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[no]author (au) print authoritative section [au]
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[no]addit (ad) print additional section [ad]
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pfdef set to default print flags
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pfmin set to minimal default print flags
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pfset=# set print flags to #
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(# can be hex/octal/decimal)
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pfand=# bitwise and print flags with #
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pfor=# bitwise or print flags with #
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.fi
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.sp 1
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The retry and time options affect the retransmission strategy used by resolver
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library when sending datagram queries. The algorithm is as follows:
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.sp 1
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.in +5n
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.nf
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for i = 0 to retry \- 1
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for j = 1 to num_servers
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send_query
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wait((time * (2**i)) / num_servers)
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end
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end
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.fi
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.in -5n
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.sp 1
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(Note: \fIdig\fP always uses a value of 1 for num_servers.)
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.SH DETAILS
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\fIDig\fP once required a slightly modified version of the BIND
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.IR resolver (3)
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library. BIND's resolver has (as of BIND 4.9) been augmented to work
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properly with \fIDig\fP. Essentially, \fIDig\fP is a straight-forward
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(albeit not pretty) effort of parsing arguments and setting appropriate
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parameters. \fIDig\fP uses resolver routines res_init(), res_mkquery(),
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res_send() as well as accessing _res structure.
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.SH FILES
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.ta \w'/etc/resolv.confXX'u
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/etc/resolv.conf initial domain name and name server
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\./DiG.env default save file for default options
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.br
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addresses
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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LOCALRES file to use in place of /etc/resolv.conf
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.br
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LOCALDEF default environment file
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.SH AUTHOR
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Steve Hotz
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hotz@isi.edu
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.SH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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\fIDig\fP uses functions from
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.IR nslookup (8)
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authored by Andrew Cherenson.
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.SH BUGS
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\fIDig\fP has a serious case of "creeping featurism" -- the result of
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considering several potential uses during it's development. It would
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probably benefit from a rigorous diet. Similarly, the print flags
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and granularity of the items they specify make evident their
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rather ad hoc genesis.
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.PP
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\fIDig\fP does not consistently exit nicely (with appropriate status)
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when a problem occurs somewhere in the resolver (NOTE: most of the common
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exit cases are handled). This is particularly annoying when running in
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batch mode. If it exits abnormally (and is not caught), the entire
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batch aborts; when such an event is trapped, \fIdig\fP simply
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continues with the next query.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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named(8), resolver(3), resolver(5), nslookup(8)
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