adig(1)

ADIG(1)                  USER COMMANDS                    ADIG(1)

NAME

     adig - print information collected from Domain  Name  System
     (DNS) servers

SYNOPSIS

     adig [OPTION]... NAME...

DESCRIPTION

     Send queries to DNS servers about NAME  and  print  received
     information,   where   NAME   is  a  valid  DNS  name  (e.g.
     www.example.com, 1.2.3.10.in-addr.arpa).

     This utility comes with  the  c-ares  asynchronous  resolver
     library.

OPTIONS

     -c class
          Set the query class.  Possible values for class are NY,
          CHAOS, HS, IN (default).

     -d   Print some extra debugging output.

     -f flag
          Add a  flag.   Possible  values  for  flag  are  igntc,
          noaliases, norecurse, primary, stayopen, usevc.

     -h, --help
          Display this help and exit.

     -T port
          Use specified TCP port to connect to DNS server.

     -s server
          Connect  to  specified  DNS  server,  instead  of   the
          system's default one(s).

     -t type
          Query records of specified type.  Possible  values  for
          type  are  A  (default), AAAA, AFSDB, ANY, AXFR, CNAME,
          GPOS, HINFO, ISDN, KEY, LOC, MAILA, MAILB, MB, MD,  MF,
          MG,  MINFO,  MR,  MX,  NAPTR, NS, NSAP, NSAP_PTR, NULL,
          PTR, PX, RP, RT, SIG, SOA, SRV, TXT, WKS, X25,

     -U port
          Use specified UDP port to connect to DNS server.

REPORTING BUGS

     Report    bugs    to    the     c-ares     mailing     list:
     http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/c-ares

SEE ALSO

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ADIG(1)                  USER COMMANDS                    ADIG(1)

     acountry(1), ahost(1).

COPYRIGHT

     This utility is based on  code/ideas  contained  in  sofware
     written by Greg Hudson (ares) carrying the following notice:
     Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
     Permission  to  use,  copy,  modify,  and  distribute   this
     software  and  its documentation for any purpose and without
     fee is hereby granted, provided  that  the  above  copyright
     notice  appear  in  all  copies and that both that copyright
     notice and this permission notice appear in supporting docu-
     mentation,  and  that  the  name  of  M.I.T.  not be used in
     advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution  of  the
     software  without specific, written prior permission. M.I.T.
     makes no  representations  about  the  suitability  of  this
     software  for  any  purpose.  It is provided "as is" without
     express or implied warranty.
     No further copyright claims are being made by the  author(s)
     of this utility.

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