ldns-read-zone(1)           General Commands Manual          ldns-read-zone(1)



NAME
       ldns-read-zone - read a zonefile and print it

SYNOPSIS
       ldns-read-zone ZONEFILE


DESCRIPTION
       ldns-read-zone  reads  a  DNS zone file and prints it. The output has 1
       resource record per line, and no pretty-printing makeup.


OPTIONS
       -0     Print a (null) for the RRSIG inception,  expiry  and  key  data.
              This option can be used when comparing different signing systems
              that use the same DNSKEYs for signing but would have a  slightly
              different timings/jitter.


       -b     Include Bubble Babble encoding of DS's.


       -c     Canonicalize all resource records in the zone before printing


       -d     Only  print  DNSSEC  data from the zone. This option skips every
              record that is not of type NSEC, NSEC3 or RRSIG. DNSKEY  and  DS
              records are not printed.


       -e RR type
              Do not print RRs of the given rr type.  This option may be given
              multiple times.  -e is not meant to be used together with -E.


       -E RR type
              Print only RRs of the given rr type.  This option may  be  given
              multiple times.  -E is not meant to be used together with -e.


       -h     Show usage and exit


       -n     Do not print the SOA record


       -p     Pad the SOA serial number with spaces so the number and the spa-
              ces together take ten characters. This is  useful  for  in  file
              serial number increments.


       -s     Strip  DNSSEC data from the zone. This option skips every record
              that is of type NSEC, NSEC3 or RRSIG. DNSKEY and DS records  are
              still printed.


       -S [[+|0]number | YYYYMMDDxx | unixtime ]
              Set  serial  number  to  the given number, or when preceded by a
              sign, offset the existing number with it. When giving  the  lit-
              eral  strings YYYYMMDDxx or unixtime, the serial number is tried
              to be reset in datecounter or in unixtime  format  respectively.
              Though is the updated serial number is smaller than the original
              one, the original one is simply increased by one.

              When updating a serial number,  records  of  type  NSEC,  NSEC3,
              RRSIG and DNSKEY will be skipped when printing the zone.


       -u RR type
              Mark RR type for printing in unknown type format.

              -u is not meant to be used together with -U.


       -U RR type
              Mark RR type for not printing in unknown type format.

              The  first  occurrence  of  the -U option marks all RR types for
              printing in unknown type format except for the  given  RR  type.
              Subsequent  -U  options  will  clear the mark for those RR types
              too, so that only the given RR types will be printed in the pre-
              sentation format specific for those RR types.

              -U is not meant to be used together with -u.


       -v     Show the version and exit


       -z     Sort the zone before printing (this implies -c)



AUTHOR
       Written by the ldns team as an example for ldns usage.


REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <ldns-team@nlnetlabs.nl>.


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C) 2005 NLnet Labs. This is free software. There is NO war-
       ranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR  PUR-
       POSE.



                                  30 May 2005                ldns-read-zone(1)
