dns-rev(1)

NAME
dns-rev - generate reverse name mappings

SYNOPSIS
dns-rev [ option... ][ infile [ outfile ]]
dns-rev -Help
dns-rev -VERSion

DESCRIPTION
The dns-rev program is used to generate the reverse name mapping for .in-addr.arpa addresses for DNS to use.

If the input file is not named, or the name '-' is used, the standard input is read.

If the output file is not named, or the name '-' is used, the startdard output is written.

OPTIONS
The following options are understood:

-Network_Mask number
    Set the network mask to the number given. This should be in the useual dot notation. Defaults to the 255.255.255.0 class C mask.

-Network number
    Set the network to the number given. This should be in the usual dot notation. Need not be given if there is only one network in the input file.

-Verbose
    This option may be used to see what dns-rev deciphers each resource record as.

-Automatic_Time_Stamp
    This option may be used to automatically update the time stamp in SOA records based on the current time. The time stamp will have a granularuty of 86 seconds.

-Delete_Foreign_Names
    This option may be used to delete A and NS records which reference names in domains outside the domain specified in the closest preceeding SOA record. This is of most se in removing external name servers from the reverse maps.

-Help
    This option may be used to get more information about how to used th dns-rev program.

-VERSion
    This option may be used to see what version of the dns-rev program is running.

-Idirectory
    This option may be used to set the search path for include files.

All other options will produce a diagnostic error. Options may be abbreviated, the minimum abbreviation is shown in upper-case. Options are case insensitive. Options and file names may be mixed arbitrarily on the command line.

EXIT STATUS
The dns-rev command will exit with a status of 1 on any error. The dns-rev command will only exit with a status of 0 if there are no errors.

COPYRIGHT
dns-rev version 1.6,
Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 Peter Miller; All rights reserved.

The dns-rev program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the 'dns-rev -VERSion Warranty' command. The dns-rev program is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for details use the 'dns-rev -VERSion Redistribution' command.

AUTHOR
Peter Miller | E-Mail: | millerp@canb.auug.org.au
/\/\* | Web: | http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/