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+<!-- Converted by db4-upgrade version 1.0 -->
+<refentry xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="man.dig">
+ <info>
+ <date>2014-02-19</date>
+ </info>
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <corpname>ISC</corpname>
+ <corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.</corpauthor>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>dig</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>dig</refname>
+ <refpurpose>DNS lookup utility</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <docinfo>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2000</year>
+ <year>2001</year>
+ <year>2002</year>
+ <year>2003</year>
+ <year>2004</year>
+ <year>2005</year>
+ <year>2006</year>
+ <year>2007</year>
+ <year>2008</year>
+ <year>2009</year>
+ <year>2010</year>
+ <year>2011</year>
+ <year>2013</year>
+ <year>2014</year>
+ <year>2015</year>
+ <year>2016</year>
+ <year>2017</year>
+ <year>2018</year>
+ <year>2019</year>
+ <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ </docinfo>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis sepchar=" ">
+ <command>dig</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat">@server</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-b <replaceable class="parameter">address</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-f <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-k <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-m</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port#</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-q <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-t <replaceable class="parameter">type</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-v</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-x <replaceable class="parameter">addr</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-y <replaceable class="parameter"><optional>hmac:</optional>name:key</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <group choice="opt" rep="norepeat">
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-4</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-6</option></arg>
+ </group>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat">name</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat">type</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat">class</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">queryopt</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+
+ <cmdsynopsis sepchar=" ">
+ <command>dig</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-h</option></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+
+ <cmdsynopsis sepchar=" ">
+ <command>dig</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">global-queryopt</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">query</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection><info><title>DESCRIPTION</title></info>
+
+ <para><command>dig</command> is a flexible tool
+ for interrogating DNS name servers. It performs DNS lookups and
+ displays the answers that are returned from the name server(s) that
+ were queried. Most DNS administrators use <command>dig</command> to
+ troubleshoot DNS problems because of its flexibility, ease of use and
+ clarity of output. Other lookup tools tend to have less functionality
+ than <command>dig</command>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Although <command>dig</command> is normally used with
+ command-line
+ arguments, it also has a batch mode of operation for reading lookup
+ requests from a file. A brief summary of its command-line arguments
+ and options is printed when the <option>-h</option> option is given.
+ Unlike earlier versions, the BIND 9 implementation of
+ <command>dig</command> allows multiple lookups to be issued
+ from the
+ command line.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Unless it is told to query a specific name server,
+ <command>dig</command> will try each of the servers listed in
+ <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>. If no usable server addresses
+ are found, <command>dig</command> will send the query to the local
+ host.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ When no command line arguments or options are given,
+ <command>dig</command> will perform an NS query for "." (the root).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ It is possible to set per-user defaults for <command>dig</command> via
+ <filename>${HOME}/.digrc</filename>. This file is read and
+ any options in it
+ are applied before the command line arguments.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The IN and CH class names overlap with the IN and CH top level
+ domain names. Either use the <option>-t</option> and
+ <option>-c</option> options to specify the type and class,
+ use the <option>-q</option> the specify the domain name, or
+ use "IN." and "CH." when looking up these top level domains.
+ </para>
+
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection><info><title>SIMPLE USAGE</title></info>
+
+
+ <para>
+ A typical invocation of <command>dig</command> looks like:
+ <programlisting> dig @server name type </programlisting>
+ where:
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>server</constant></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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
+ <parameter>server</parameter> argument is a hostname,
+ <command>dig</command> resolves that name before querying
+ that name server.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If no <parameter>server</parameter> argument is
+ provided, <command>dig</command> consults
+ <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>; if an
+ address is found there, it queries the name server at
+ that address. If either of the <option>-4</option> or
+ <option>-6</option> options are in use, then
+ only addresses for the corresponding transport
+ will be tried. If no usable addresses are found,
+ <command>dig</command> will send the query to the
+ local host. The reply from the name server that
+ responds is displayed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>name</constant></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ is the name of the resource record that is to be looked up.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><constant>type</constant></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ indicates what type of query is required &mdash;
+ ANY, A, MX, SIG, etc.
+ <parameter>type</parameter> can be any valid query
+ type. If no
+ <parameter>type</parameter> argument is supplied,
+ <command>dig</command> will perform a lookup for an
+ A record.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection><info><title>OPTIONS</title></info>
+
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-4</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use IPv4 only.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-6</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use IPv6 only.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-b <replaceable class="parameter">address<optional>#port</optional></replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set the source IP address of the query.
+ The <parameter>address</parameter> must be a valid address on
+ one of the host's network interfaces, or "0.0.0.0" or "::". An
+ optional port may be specified by appending "#&lt;port&gt;"
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set the query class. The
+ default <parameter>class</parameter> is IN; other classes
+ are HS for Hesiod records or CH for Chaosnet records.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-f <replaceable class="parameter">file</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Batch mode: <command>dig</command> reads a list of lookup
+ requests to process from the
+ given <parameter>file</parameter>. Each line in the file
+ should be organized in the same way they would be
+ presented as queries to
+ <command>dig</command> using the command-line interface.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-i</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Do reverse IPv6 lookups using the obsolete RFC 1886 IP6.INT
+ domain, which is no longer in use. Obsolete bit string
+ label queries (RFC 2874) are not attempted.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-k <replaceable class="parameter">keyfile</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Sign queries using TSIG using a key read from the given file.
+ Key files can be generated using
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>tsig-keygen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>.
+ When using TSIG authentication with <command>dig</command>,
+ the name server that is queried needs to know the key and
+ algorithm that is being used. In BIND, this is done by
+ providing appropriate <command>key</command>
+ and <command>server</command> statements in
+ <filename>named.conf</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-m</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enable memory usage debugging.
+ <!-- It enables ISC_MEM_DEBUGTRACE and ISC_MEM_DEBUGRECORD
+ documented in include/isc/mem.h -->
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Send the query to a non-standard port on the server,
+ instead of the default port 53. This option would be used
+ to test a name server that has been configured to listen
+ for queries on a non-standard port number.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-q <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The domain name to query. This is useful to distinguish
+ the <parameter>name</parameter> from other arguments.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-t <replaceable class="parameter">type</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The resource record type to query. It can be any valid query
+ type. If it is a resource record type supported in BIND 9, it
+ can be given by the type mnemonic (such as "NS" or "AAAA").
+ The default query type is "A", unless the <option>-x</option>
+ option is supplied to indicate a reverse lookup. A zone
+ transfer can be requested by specifying a type of AXFR. When
+ an incremental zone transfer (IXFR) is required, set the
+ <parameter>type</parameter> to <literal>ixfr=N</literal>.
+ The incremental zone transfer will contain the changes
+ made to the zone since the serial number in the zone's SOA
+ record was
+ <parameter>N</parameter>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ All resource record types can be expressed as "TYPEnn", where
+ "nn" is the number of the type. If the resource record type is
+ not supported in BIND 9, the result will be displayed as
+ described in RFC 3597.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-u</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print query times in microseconds instead of milliseconds.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-v</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print the version number and exit.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-x <replaceable class="parameter">addr</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Simplified reverse lookups, for mapping addresses to
+ names. The <parameter>addr</parameter> is an IPv4 address
+ in dotted-decimal notation, or a colon-delimited IPv6
+ address. When the <option>-x</option> is used, there is no
+ need to provide
+ the <parameter>name</parameter>, <parameter>class</parameter>
+ and <parameter>type</parameter>
+ arguments. <command>dig</command> automatically performs a
+ lookup for a name like
+ <literal>94.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa</literal> and sets the
+ query type and class to PTR and IN respectively. IPv6
+ addresses are looked up using nibble format under the
+ IP6.ARPA domain (but see also the <option>-i</option>
+ option).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-y <replaceable class="parameter"><optional>hmac:</optional>keyname:secret</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Sign queries using TSIG with the given authentication key.
+ <parameter>keyname</parameter> is the name of the key, and
+ <parameter>secret</parameter> is the base64 encoded shared secret.
+ <parameter>hmac</parameter> is the name of the key algorithm;
+ valid choices are <literal>hmac-md5</literal>,
+ <literal>hmac-sha1</literal>, <literal>hmac-sha224</literal>,
+ <literal>hmac-sha256</literal>, <literal>hmac-sha384</literal>, or
+ <literal>hmac-sha512</literal>. If <parameter>hmac</parameter>
+ is not specified, the default is <literal>hmac-md5</literal>
+ or if MD5 was disabled <literal>hmac-sha256</literal>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ NOTE: You should use the <option>-k</option> option and
+ avoid the <option>-y</option> option, because
+ with <option>-y</option> the shared secret is supplied as
+ a command line argument in clear text. This may be visible
+ in the output from
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>ps</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>
+ or in a history file maintained by the user's shell.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection><info><title>QUERY OPTIONS</title></info>
+
+
+ <para><command>dig</command>
+ provides a number of query options which affect
+ the way in which lookups are made and the results displayed. Some of
+ these set or reset flag bits in the query header, some determine which
+ sections of the answer get printed, and others determine the timeout
+ and retry strategies.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Each query option is identified by a keyword preceded by a plus sign
+ (<literal>+</literal>). Some keywords set or reset an
+ option. These may be preceded
+ by the string <literal>no</literal> to negate the meaning of
+ that keyword. Other
+ keywords assign values to options like the timeout interval. They
+ have the form <option>+keyword=value</option>.
+ Keywords may be abbreviated, provided the abbreviation is
+ unambiguous; for example, <literal>+cd</literal> is equivalent
+ to <literal>+cdflag</literal>.
+ The query options are:
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]aaflag</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A synonym for <parameter>+[no]aaonly</parameter>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]aaonly</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Sets the "aa" flag in the query.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]additional</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Display [do not display] the additional section of a
+ reply. The default is to display it.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]adflag</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set [do not set] the AD (authentic data) bit in the
+ query. This requests the server to return whether
+ all of the answer and authority sections have all
+ been validated as secure according to the security
+ policy of the server. AD=1 indicates that all records
+ have been validated as secure and the answer is not
+ from a OPT-OUT range. AD=0 indicate that some part
+ of the answer was insecure or not validated. This
+ bit is set by default.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]all</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set or clear all display flags.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]answer</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Display [do not display] the answer section of a
+ reply. The default is to display it.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]authority</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Display [do not display] the authority section of a
+ reply. The default is to display it.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]badcookie</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Retry lookup with the new server cookie if a
+ BADCOOKIE response is received.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]besteffort</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Attempt to display the contents of messages which are
+ malformed. The default is to not display malformed
+ answers.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+bufsize=B</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set the UDP message buffer size advertised using EDNS0
+ to <parameter>B</parameter> bytes. The maximum and
+ minimum sizes of this buffer are 65535 and 0 respectively.
+ Values outside this range are rounded up or down
+ appropriately. Values other than zero will cause a
+ EDNS query to be sent.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]cdflag</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set [do not set] the CD (checking disabled) bit in
+ the query. This requests the server to not perform
+ DNSSEC validation of responses.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]class</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Display [do not display] the CLASS when printing the
+ record.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]cmd</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Toggles the printing of the initial comment in the
+ output identifying the version of <command>dig</command>
+ and the query options that have been applied. This
+ comment is printed by default.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]comments</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Toggle the display of comment lines in the output.
+ The default is to print comments.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]cookie<optional>=####</optional></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Send a COOKIE EDNS option, with optional
+ value. Replaying a COOKIE from a previous response will
+ allow the server to identify a previous client. The
+ default is <option>+cookie</option>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <command>+cookie</command> is also set when +trace
+ is set to better emulate the default queries from a
+ nameserver.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]crypto</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Toggle the display of cryptographic fields in DNSSEC
+ records. The contents of these field are unnecessary
+ to debug most DNSSEC validation failures and removing
+ them makes it easier to see the common failures. The
+ default is to display the fields. When omitted they
+ are replaced by the string "[omitted]" or in the
+ DNSKEY case the key id is displayed as the replacement,
+ e.g. "[ key id = value ]".
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]defname</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Deprecated, treated as a synonym for
+ <parameter>+[no]search</parameter>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]dnssec</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Requests DNSSEC records be sent by setting the DNSSEC
+ OK bit (DO) in the OPT record in the additional section
+ of the query.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+domain=somename</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set the search list to contain the single domain
+ <parameter>somename</parameter>, as if specified in
+ a <command>domain</command> directive in
+ <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>, and enable
+ search list processing as if the
+ <parameter>+search</parameter> option were given.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+dscp=value</option></term> <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set the DSCP code point to be used when sending the
+ query. Valid DSCP code points are in the range
+ [0..63]. By default no code point is explicitly set.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]edns[=#]</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specify the EDNS version to query with. Valid values
+ are 0 to 255. Setting the EDNS version will cause
+ a EDNS query to be sent. <option>+noedns</option>
+ clears the remembered EDNS version. EDNS is set to
+ 0 by default.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]ednsflags[=#]</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set the must-be-zero EDNS flags bits (Z bits) to the
+ specified value. Decimal, hex and octal encodings are
+ accepted. Setting a named flag (e.g. DO) will silently be
+ ignored. By default, no Z bits are set.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]ednsnegotiation</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enable / disable EDNS version negotiation. By default
+ EDNS version negotiation is enabled.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]ednsopt[=code[:value]]</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specify EDNS option with code point <option>code</option>
+ and optionally payload of <option>value</option> as a
+ hexadecimal string. <option>code</option> can be
+ either an EDNS option name (for example,
+ <literal>NSID</literal> or <literal>ECS</literal>),
+ or an arbitrary numeric value. <option>+noednsopt</option>
+ clears the EDNS options to be sent.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]expire</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Send an EDNS Expire option.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]fail</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Do not try the next server if you receive a SERVFAIL.
+ The default is to not try the next server which is
+ the reverse of normal stub resolver behavior.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]header-only</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Send a query with a DNS header without a question section.
+ The default is to add a question section. The query type
+ and query name are ignored when this is set.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]identify</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Show [or do not show] the IP address and port number
+ that supplied the answer when the
+ <parameter>+short</parameter> option is enabled. If
+ short form answers are requested, the default is not
+ to show the source address and port number of the
+ server that provided the answer.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]idnin</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Process [do not process] IDN domain names on input.
+ This requires IDN SUPPORT to have been enabled at
+ compile time. The default is to process IDN input.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]idnout</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Convert [do not convert] puny code on output.
+ This requires IDN SUPPORT to have been enabled at
+ compile time. The default is to convert output.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]ignore</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Ignore truncation in UDP responses instead of retrying
+ with TCP. By default, TCP retries are performed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]keepopen</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Keep the TCP socket open between queries and reuse
+ it rather than creating a new TCP socket for each
+ lookup. The default is <option>+nokeepopen</option>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]mapped</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allow mapped IPv4 over IPv6 addresses to be used. The
+ default is <option>+mapped</option>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]multiline</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print records like the SOA records in a verbose
+ multi-line format with human-readable comments. The
+ default is to print each record on a single line, to
+ facilitate machine parsing of the <command>dig</command>
+ output.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+ndots=D</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set the number of dots that have to appear in
+ <parameter>name</parameter> to <parameter>D</parameter>
+ for it to be considered absolute. The default value
+ is that defined using the ndots statement in
+ <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>, or 1 if no
+ ndots statement is present. Names with fewer dots
+ are interpreted as relative names and will be searched
+ for in the domains listed in the <option>search</option>
+ or <option>domain</option> directive in
+ <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> if
+ <option>+search</option> is set.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]nsid</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Include an EDNS name server ID request when sending
+ a query.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]nssearch</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ When this option is set, <command>dig</command>
+ attempts to find the authoritative name servers for
+ the zone containing the name being looked up and
+ display the SOA record that each name server has for
+ the zone.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]onesoa</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print only one (starting) SOA record when performing
+ an AXFR. The default is to print both the starting
+ and ending SOA records.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]opcode=value</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set [restore] the DNS message opcode to the specified
+ value. The default value is QUERY (0).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]qr</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print [do not print] the query as it is sent. By
+ default, the query is not printed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]question</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print [do not print] the question section of a query
+ when an answer is returned. The default is to print
+ the question section as a comment.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]rdflag</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A synonym for <parameter>+[no]recurse</parameter>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]recurse</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Toggle the setting of the RD (recursion desired) bit
+ in the query. This bit is set by default, which means
+ <command>dig</command> normally sends recursive
+ queries. Recursion is automatically disabled when
+ the <parameter>+nssearch</parameter> or
+ <parameter>+trace</parameter> query options are used.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+retry=T</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Sets the number of times to retry UDP queries to
+ server to <parameter>T</parameter> instead of the
+ default, 2. Unlike <parameter>+tries</parameter>,
+ this does not include the initial query.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]rrcomments</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Toggle the display of per-record comments in the
+ output (for example, human-readable key information
+ about DNSKEY records). The default is not to print
+ record comments unless multiline mode is active.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]search</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use [do not use] the search list defined by the
+ searchlist or domain directive in
+ <filename>resolv.conf</filename> (if any). The search
+ list is not used by default.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ 'ndots' from <filename>resolv.conf</filename> (default 1)
+ which may be overridden by <parameter>+ndots</parameter>
+ determines if the name will be treated as relative
+ or not and hence whether a search is eventually
+ performed or not.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]short</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Provide a terse answer. The default is to print the
+ answer in a verbose form.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]showsearch</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Perform [do not perform] a search showing intermediate
+ results.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]sigchase</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Chase DNSSEC signature chains. Requires dig be compiled
+ with -DDIG_SIGCHASE. This feature is deprecated.
+ Use <command>delv</command> instead.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+split=W</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Split long hex- or base64-formatted fields in resource
+ records into chunks of <parameter>W</parameter>
+ characters (where <parameter>W</parameter> is rounded
+ up to the nearest multiple of 4).
+ <parameter>+nosplit</parameter> or
+ <parameter>+split=0</parameter> causes fields not to
+ be split at all. The default is 56 characters, or
+ 44 characters when multiline mode is active.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]stats</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This query option toggles the printing of statistics:
+ when the query was made, the size of the reply and
+ so on. The default behavior is to print the query
+ statistics.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]subnet=addr[/prefix-length]</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Send (don't send) an EDNS Client Subnet option with the
+ specified IP address or network prefix.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <command>dig +subnet=0.0.0.0/0</command>, or simply
+ <command>dig +subnet=0</command> for short, sends an EDNS
+ CLIENT-SUBNET option with an empty address and a source
+ prefix-length of zero, which signals a resolver that
+ the client's address information must
+ <emphasis>not</emphasis> be used when resolving
+ this query.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]tcp</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use [do not use] TCP when querying name servers. The
+ default behavior is to use UDP unless a type
+ <literal>any</literal> or <literal>ixfr=N</literal>
+ query is requested, in which case the default is TCP.
+ AXFR queries always use TCP.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+timeout=T</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+
+ Sets the timeout for a query to
+ <parameter>T</parameter> seconds. The default
+ timeout is 5 seconds.
+ An attempt to set <parameter>T</parameter> to less
+ than 1 will result
+ in a query timeout of 1 second being applied.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]topdown</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ When chasing DNSSEC signature chains perform a top-down
+ validation. Requires dig be compiled with -DDIG_SIGCHASE.
+ This feature is deprecated. Use <command>delv</command> instead.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]trace</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Toggle tracing of the delegation path from the root
+ name servers for the name being looked up. Tracing
+ is disabled by default. When tracing is enabled,
+ <command>dig</command> makes iterative queries to
+ resolve the name being looked up. It will follow
+ referrals from the root servers, showing the answer
+ from each server that was used to resolve the lookup.
+ </para> <para>
+ If @server is also specified, it affects only the
+ initial query for the root zone name servers.
+ </para> <para>
+ <command>+dnssec</command> is also set when +trace
+ is set to better emulate the default queries from a
+ nameserver.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+tries=T</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Sets the number of times to try UDP queries to server
+ to <parameter>T</parameter> instead of the default,
+ 3. If <parameter>T</parameter> is less than or equal
+ to zero, the number of tries is silently rounded up
+ to 1.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+trusted-key=####</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specifies a file containing trusted keys to be used
+ with <option>+sigchase</option>. Each DNSKEY record
+ must be on its own line.
+ </para> <para>
+ If not specified, <command>dig</command> will look
+ for <filename>/etc/trusted-key.key</filename> then
+ <filename>trusted-key.key</filename> in the current
+ directory.
+ </para> <para>
+ Requires dig be compiled with -DDIG_SIGCHASE.
+ This feature is deprecated. Use <command>delv</command> instead.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]ttlid</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Display [do not display] the TTL when printing the
+ record.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]ttlunits</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Display [do not display] the TTL in friendly human-readable
+ time units of "s", "m", "h", "d", and "w", representing
+ seconds, minutes, hours, days and weeks. Implies +ttlid.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]unknownformat</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print all RDATA in unknown RR type presentation format
+ (RFC 3597). The default is to print RDATA for known types
+ in the type's presentation format.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]vc</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use [do not use] TCP when querying name servers. This
+ alternate syntax to <parameter>+[no]tcp</parameter>
+ is provided for backwards compatibility. The "vc"
+ stands for "virtual circuit".
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>+[no]zflag</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set [do not set] the last unassigned DNS header flag in a
+ DNS query. This flag is off by default.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection><info><title>MULTIPLE QUERIES</title></info>
+
+
+ <para>
+ The BIND 9 implementation of <command>dig </command>
+ supports
+ specifying multiple queries on the command line (in addition to
+ supporting the <option>-f</option> batch file option). Each of those
+ queries can be supplied with its own set of flags, options and query
+ options.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ In this case, each <parameter>query</parameter> argument
+ represent an
+ individual query in the command-line syntax described above. Each
+ consists of any of the standard options and flags, the name to be
+ looked up, an optional query type and class and any query options that
+ should be applied to that query.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ A global set of query options, which should be applied to all queries,
+ can also be supplied. These global query options must precede the
+ first tuple of name, class, type, options, flags, and query options
+ supplied on the command line. Any global query options (except
+ the <option>+[no]cmd</option> option) can be
+ overridden by a query-specific set of query options. For example:
+ <programlisting>
+dig +qr www.isc.org any -x 127.0.0.1 isc.org ns +noqr
+</programlisting>
+ shows how <command>dig</command> could be used from the
+ command line
+ to make three lookups: an ANY query for <literal>www.isc.org</literal>, a
+ reverse lookup of 127.0.0.1 and a query for the NS records of
+ <literal>isc.org</literal>.
+
+ A global query option of <parameter>+qr</parameter> is
+ applied, so
+ that <command>dig</command> shows the initial query it made
+ for each
+ lookup. The final query has a local query option of
+ <parameter>+noqr</parameter> which means that <command>dig</command>
+ will not print the initial query when it looks up the NS records for
+ <literal>isc.org</literal>.
+ </para>
+
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection><info><title>IDN SUPPORT</title></info>
+
+ <para>
+ If <command>dig</command> has been built with IDN (internationalized
+ domain name) support, it can accept and display non-ASCII domain names.
+ <command>dig</command> appropriately converts character encoding of
+ domain name before sending a request to DNS server or displaying a
+ reply from the server.
+ If you'd like to turn off the IDN support for some reason, use
+ parameters <parameter>+noidnin</parameter> and
+ <parameter>+noidnout</parameter>.
+ </para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection><info><title>FILES</title></info>
+
+ <para><filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>
+ </para>
+ <para><filename>${HOME}/.digrc</filename>
+ </para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection><info><title>SEE ALSO</title></info>
+
+ <para><citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>delv</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>host</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>named</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>dnssec-keygen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citetitle>RFC 1035</citetitle>.
+ </para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection><info><title>BUGS</title></info>
+
+ <para>
+ There are probably too many query options.
+ </para>
+ </refsection>
+
+</refentry>