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diff --git a/bin/dig/dig.html b/bin/dig/dig.html index ceef3fa8d9885..a1cd5cf52dafb 100644 --- a/bin/dig/dig.html +++ b/bin/dig/dig.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- - - Copyright (C) 2004-2010 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") + - Copyright (C) 2004-2010, 2013 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") - Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Internet Software Consortium. - - Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ <div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">dig</code> [global-queryopt...] [query...]</p></div> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2543524"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> +<a name="id2543527"></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 @@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ </p> <p> Unless it is told to query a specific name server, - <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> will try each of the servers listed - in - <code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf</code>. + <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> will try each of the servers listed in + <code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf</code>. If no usable server addreses + are found, <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> will send the query to the local + host. </p> <p> When no command line arguments or options are given, @@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2543597"></a><h2>SIMPLE USAGE</h2> +<a name="id2543606"></a><h2>SIMPLE USAGE</h2> <p> A typical invocation of <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> looks like: </p> @@ -91,22 +92,29 @@ </p> <div class="variablelist"><dl> <dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">server</code></span></dt> -<dd><p> - is the name or IP address of the name server to query. This can - be an IPv4 - address in dotted-decimal notation or an IPv6 +<dd> +<p> + is the name or IP address of the name server to query. This + can be an IPv4 address in dotted-decimal notation or an IPv6 address in colon-delimited notation. When the supplied - <em class="parameter"><code>server</code></em> argument is a - hostname, - <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> resolves that name before - querying that name - server. If no <em class="parameter"><code>server</code></em> - argument is provided, - <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> consults <code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf</code> - and queries the name servers listed there. The reply from the - name - server that responds is displayed. - </p></dd> + <em class="parameter"><code>server</code></em> argument is a hostname, + <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> resolves that name before querying + that name server. + </p> +<p> + If no <em class="parameter"><code>server</code></em> argument is + provided, <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> consults + <code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf</code>; if an + address is found there, it queries the name server at + that address. If either of the <code class="option">-4</code> or + <code class="option">-6</code> options are in use, then + only addresses for the corresponding transport + will be tried. If no usable addresses are found, + <span><strong class="command">dig</strong></span> will send the query to the + local host. The reply from the name server that + responds is displayed. + </p> +</dd> <dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">name</code></span></dt> <dd><p> is the name of the resource record that is to be looked up. @@ -126,7 +134,7 @@ </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2543688"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2> +<a name="id2543709"></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 @@ -230,7 +238,7 @@ </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2544037"></a><h2>QUERY OPTIONS</h2> +<a name="id2544058"></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 @@ -561,7 +569,7 @@ </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2545186"></a><h2>MULTIPLE QUERIES</h2> +<a name="id2545207"></a><h2>MULTIPLE QUERIES</h2> <p> The BIND 9 implementation of <span><strong class="command">dig </strong></span> supports @@ -607,7 +615,7 @@ dig +qr www.isc.org any -x 127.0.0.1 isc.org ns +noqr </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2545248"></a><h2>IDN SUPPORT</h2> +<a name="id2545337"></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. @@ -621,14 +629,14 @@ dig +qr www.isc.org any -x 127.0.0.1 isc.org ns +noqr </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2545338"></a><h2>FILES</h2> +<a name="id2545360"></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="id2545355"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2> +<a name="id2545377"></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>, @@ -636,7 +644,7 @@ dig +qr www.isc.org any -x 127.0.0.1 isc.org ns +noqr </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2545393"></a><h2>BUGS</h2> +<a name="id2545414"></a><h2>BUGS</h2> <p> There are probably too many query options. </p> |