NAME

getzone - get dns zone from server

DESCRIPTION

getzone transfers a user-specified dns zone from a zone server and displays it in csv1 format on the standard output. This program is here for compatibility with older setups that use getzone to get zone files; newer setups may wish to consider using the fetchzone tool to obtain csv2-compatible zone files.

USAGE

getzone zone_name zone_server_IP [query_class]

OPTIONS

zone_name

Name of the dns zone to be transferred.

zone_server_IP

IP address of dns server

query_class

Optional argument which can change the query class from 1 (the default) to 255. This may be needed for some versions of Bind.

EXAMPLES

To obtain the zone example.com from the server 192.168.9.8:

getzone example.com 192.168.9.8

To obtain the zone example.org from the server 10.9.8.78 using a query class of 255:

getzone example.com 10.9.8.78 255

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

AUTHOR

MaraDNS is written by Sam Trenholme. Jaakko Niemi used 5 minutes to put this manpage together. Sam has subsequently made revisions to this manpage.