NAME
axfr - Perform a DNS zone transfer
SYNOPSIS
axfr [ -fqs ] [ -D directory ] [ @nameserver ] zone
DESCRIPTION
axfr performs a DNS zone transfer, prints each record to the standard output, and stores the zone to a file. If the zone has already been stored in a file, axfr will read the file instead of performing a zone transfer.
Zones will be stored in a directory hierarchy. For example, the zone transfer for foo.bar.com will be stored in the file $HOME/.dns-zones/com/bar/foo/axfr. The directory can be changed with the -D option.
OPTIONS
- -f
-
Force a zone transfer, even if the zone has already been stored in a file.
- -q
-
Be quiet -- don't print the records from the zone.
- -s
-
Perform a zone transfer if the SOA serial number on the nameserver is different than the serial number in the zone file.
- -D directory
-
Store zone files under directory instead of the default directory (see "FILES").
- @nameserver
-
Query nameserver instead of the default nameserver.
FILES
AUTHOR
Michael Fuhr <mfuhr@dimensional.com>
SEE ALSO
perl(1), check_soa, check_zone, mresolv, mx, perldig, Net::DNS