RPSL2ACL

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The program exits with code 0 if the file is up to date, 1 if it has successfully updated the file, 2 if some error ocurred and 3 if the command line usage was incorrect.

OPTIONS

--acl=name

Format output as a bind ACL statement with the given name.

--comment=string

Print string as the heading comment to the output. The argument can consist of multiple lines. A "#" sign will be printed before each of them.

--outfile=FILE, -o FILE

Write the result to FILE, instead of the default "netlist".

The following options control the selection of RPSL objects and initial contents of the output list:

--add-network=arg

Add given CIDRs to the output list. Argument is a comma-separated list of CIDRs.

--from-file=FILE, -T FILE

Populate the output list with CIDRs read from FILE. The file must list each CIDR on a separate line. Empty lines and comments (introduced by "#" sign) are ignored.

--objects=objlist, -r objlist

Defines a list of objects to query. Objlist is a comma-separated list of RPSL object names.

The following options control TCP connections:

--no-persistent

Disable persistent connection. Rpsl2acl will open a new connection to the whois server for each RPSL object it is about to query.

--whois-server=server

Query this server, instead of the default "whois.ripe.net".

Options controlling log and debug output:

--log-file=FILE, -l FILE

Write the diagnostic output to FILE, instead of standard error.

--debug[=spec[,spec...]], -d[spec[,spec...]]

Set debugging level. Spec is either category or category=level, category is a debugging category name and level is a decimal verbosity level. Valid categories are: "GENERAL" and "WHOIS".

--dry-run, -n

Don't create the output file. Instead print the result on the standard output.

Informational options:

--help, -h

Show a terse help summary and exit.

--man

Print the manual page and exit.

CONFIGURATION

a. File name given by "RPSL2ACL_CONF" environment variable (if set)

b. ~/.rpsl2acl.conf

c. /etc/rpsl2acl.conf

The first existing file from this list is read. It is an error, if the $RPSL2ACL_CONF variable is set, but points to a file that does not exist. It is not an error if $RPSL2ACL_CONF is not set and neither of the two remaining files exist. It is, however, an error if any of these file exists, but is not readable.

The configuration file uses a usual UNIX configuration format. Empty lines and UNIX comments are ignored. Each non-empty line is either an option name, or option assignment, i.e. opt=val, with any amount of optional whitespace around the equals sign. Valid option names are the same as long command line options, but without the leading --. For example:

  objects = RS-FOO,RS-BAR,RS-BAZ
  aclname = mynets
  add-network = 10.0.0.0/8
  outfile = networks.inc

ENVIRONMENT

RPSL2ACL_CONF

The name of the configuration file to read, instead of the default /etc/rpsl2acl.conf.

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

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