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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
- - Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+ - Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
- Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Internet Software Consortium.
-
- Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
- OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
- PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
-->
-<!-- $Id: dig.html,v 1.13.18.28 2007/05/16 06:11:27 marka Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: dig.html,v 1.13.18.30 2008/10/14 01:30:11 tbox Exp $ -->
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
</div>
<div class="refsynopsisdiv">
<h2>Synopsis</h2>
-<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">dig</code> [@server] [<code class="option">-b <em class="replaceable"><code>address</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-f <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-k <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port#</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-q <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>type</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-x <em class="replaceable"><code>addr</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-y <em class="replaceable"><code>[<span class="optional">hmac:</span>]name:key</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-4</code>] [<code class="option">-6</code>] [name] [type] [class] [queryopt...]</p></div>
+<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">dig</code> [@server] [<code class="option">-b <em class="replaceable"><code>address</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-f <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-k <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-m</code>] [<code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port#</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-q <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>type</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-x <em class="replaceable"><code>addr</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-y <em class="replaceable"><code>[<span class="optional">hmac:</span>]name:key</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-4</code>] [<code class="option">-6</code>] [name] [type] [class] [queryopt...]</p></div>
<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">dig</code> [<code class="option">-h</code>]</p></div>
<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">dig</code> [global-queryopt...] [query...]</p></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2543508"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
+<a name="id2543515"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p><span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span>
(domain information groper) is a flexible tool
for interrogating DNS name servers. It performs DNS lookups and
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
<code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf</code>.
</p>
<p>
- When no command line arguments or options are given, will perform an
- NS query for "." (the root).
+ When no command line arguments or options are given,
+ <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> will perform an NS query for "." (the root).
</p>
<p>
It is possible to set per-user defaults for <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> via
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@
<p>
The IN and CH class names overlap with the IN and CH top level
domains names. Either use the <code class="option">-t</code> and
- <code class="option">-c</code> options to specify the type and class or
- use the <code class="option">-q</code> the specify the domain name or
+ <code class="option">-c</code> options to specify the type and class,
+ use the <code class="option">-q</code> the specify the domain name, or
use "IN." and "CH." when looking up these top level domains.
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2543577"></a><h2>SIMPLE USAGE</h2>
+<a name="id2543589"></a><h2>SIMPLE USAGE</h2>
<p>
A typical invocation of <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> looks like:
</p>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2543668"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
+<a name="id2543680"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
<p>
The <code class="option">-b</code> option sets the source IP address of the query
to <em class="parameter"><code>address</code></em>. This must be a valid
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@
<span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> using the command-line interface.
</p>
<p>
+ The <code class="option">-m</code> option enables memory usage debugging.
+
+ </p>
+<p>
If a non-standard port number is to be queried, the
<code class="option">-p</code> option is used. <em class="parameter"><code>port#</code></em> is
the port number that <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> will send its
@@ -226,7 +230,7 @@
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2543939"></a><h2>QUERY OPTIONS</h2>
+<a name="id2544028"></a><h2>QUERY OPTIONS</h2>
<p><span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span>
provides a number of query options which affect
the way in which lookups are made and the results displayed. Some of
@@ -545,7 +549,7 @@
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2545128"></a><h2>MULTIPLE QUERIES</h2>
+<a name="id2545149"></a><h2>MULTIPLE QUERIES</h2>
<p>
The BIND 9 implementation of <span><strong class="command">dig </strong></span>
supports
@@ -591,7 +595,7 @@ dig +qr www.isc.org any -x 127.0.0.1 isc.org ns +noqr
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2545258"></a><h2>IDN SUPPORT</h2>
+<a name="id2545211"></a><h2>IDN SUPPORT</h2>
<p>
If <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> has been built with IDN (internationalized
domain name) support, it can accept and display non-ASCII domain names.
@@ -605,14 +609,14 @@ dig +qr www.isc.org any -x 127.0.0.1 isc.org ns +noqr
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2545281"></a><h2>FILES</h2>
+<a name="id2545234"></a><h2>FILES</h2>
<p><code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf</code>
</p>
<p><code class="filename">${HOME}/.digrc</code>
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2545298"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
+<a name="id2545251"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">host</span>(1)</span>,
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">dnssec-keygen</span>(8)</span>,
@@ -620,7 +624,7 @@ dig +qr www.isc.org any -x 127.0.0.1 isc.org ns +noqr
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2545335"></a><h2>BUGS</h2>
+<a name="id2545356"></a><h2>BUGS</h2>
<p>
There are probably too many query options.
</p>
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