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diff --git a/bin/dig/nslookup.html b/bin/dig/nslookup.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d5b038b --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/dig/nslookup.html @@ -0,0 +1,386 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> +<!-- + - Copyright (C) 2004-2007, 2010, 2013-2019 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") + - + - This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + - License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + - file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. +--> +<html lang="en"> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> +<title>nslookup</title> +<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"> +</head> +<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry"> +<a name="man.nslookup"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> + + + + + + <div class="refnamediv"> +<h2>Name</h2> +<p> + nslookup + — query Internet name servers interactively + </p> +</div> + + + + <div class="refsynopsisdiv"> +<h2>Synopsis</h2> + <div class="cmdsynopsis"><p> + <code class="command">nslookup</code> + [<code class="option">-option</code>] + [name | -] + [server] + </p></div> + </div> + + <div class="refsection"> +<a name="id-1.7"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> + + <p><span class="command"><strong>Nslookup</strong></span> + is a program to query Internet domain name servers. <span class="command"><strong>Nslookup</strong></span> + has two modes: interactive and non-interactive. Interactive mode allows + the user to query name servers for information about various hosts and + domains or to print a list of hosts in a domain. Non-interactive mode + is + used to print just the name and requested information for a host or + domain. + </p> + </div> + + <div class="refsection"> +<a name="id-1.8"></a><h2>ARGUMENTS</h2> + + <p> + Interactive mode is entered in the following cases: + </p> +<div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="a"> +<li class="listitem"> + <p> + when no arguments are given (the default name server will be used) + </p> + </li> +<li class="listitem"> + <p> + when the first argument is a hyphen (-) and the second argument is + the host name or Internet address of a name server. + </p> + </li> +</ol></div> +<p> + </p> + + <p> + Non-interactive mode is used when the name or Internet address of the + host to be looked up is given as the first argument. The optional second + argument specifies the host name or address of a name server. + </p> + + <p> + Options can also be specified on the command line if they precede the + arguments and are prefixed with a hyphen. For example, to + change the default query type to host information, and the initial + timeout to 10 seconds, type: + + </p> +<pre class="programlisting"> +nslookup -query=hinfo -timeout=10 +</pre> +<p> + + </p> + <p> + The <code class="option">-version</code> option causes + <span class="command"><strong>nslookup</strong></span> to print the version + number and immediately exits. + </p> + + </div> + + <div class="refsection"> +<a name="id-1.9"></a><h2>INTERACTIVE COMMANDS</h2> + + <div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">host</code> [<span class="optional">server</span>]</span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Look up information for host using the current default server or + using server, if specified. If host is an Internet address and + the query type is A or PTR, the name of the host is returned. + If host is a name and does not have a trailing period, the + search list is used to qualify the name. + </p> + + <p> + To look up a host not in the current domain, append a period to + the name. + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">server</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>domain</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> + <p></p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">lserver</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>domain</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Change the default server to <em class="replaceable"><code>domain</code></em>; <code class="constant">lserver</code> uses the initial + server to look up information about <em class="replaceable"><code>domain</code></em>, while <code class="constant">server</code> uses + the current default server. If an authoritative answer can't be + found, the names of servers that might have the answer are + returned. + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">root</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + not implemented + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">finger</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + not implemented + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">ls</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + not implemented + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">view</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + not implemented + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">help</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + not implemented + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">?</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + not implemented + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">exit</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Exits the program. + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">set</code> + <em class="replaceable"><code>keyword[<span class="optional">=value</span>]</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + This command is used to change state information that affects + the lookups. Valid keywords are: + </p> +<div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">all</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Prints the current values of the frequently used + options to <span class="command"><strong>set</strong></span>. + Information about the current default + server and host is also printed. + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">class=</code><em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Change the query class to one of: + </p> +<div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">IN</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + the Internet class + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">CH</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + the Chaos class + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">HS</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + the Hesiod class + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">ANY</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + wildcard + </p> + </dd> +</dl></div> +<p> + The class specifies the protocol group of the information. + + </p> + <p> + (Default = IN; abbreviation = cl) + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant"><em class="replaceable"><code>[<span class="optional">no</span>]</code></em>debug</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Turn on or off the display of the full response packet and + any intermediate response packets when searching. + </p> + <p> + (Default = nodebug; abbreviation = [<span class="optional">no</span>]deb) + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant"><em class="replaceable"><code>[<span class="optional">no</span>]</code></em>d2</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Turn debugging mode on or off. This displays more about + what nslookup is doing. + </p> + <p> + (Default = nod2) + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">domain=</code><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Sets the search list to <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>. + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant"><em class="replaceable"><code>[<span class="optional">no</span>]</code></em>search</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + If the lookup request contains at least one period but + doesn't end with a trailing period, append the domain + names in the domain search list to the request until an + answer is received. + </p> + <p> + (Default = search) + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">port=</code><em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Change the default TCP/UDP name server port to <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>. + </p> + <p> + (Default = 53; abbreviation = po) + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">querytype=</code><em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> + <p></p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">type=</code><em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Change the type of the information query. + </p> + <p> + (Default = A; abbreviations = q, ty) + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant"><em class="replaceable"><code>[<span class="optional">no</span>]</code></em>recurse</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Tell the name server to query other servers if it does not + have the + information. + </p> + <p> + (Default = recurse; abbreviation = [no]rec) + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">ndots=</code><em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Set the number of dots (label separators) in a domain + that will disable searching. Absolute names always + stop searching. + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">retry=</code><em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Set the number of retries to number. + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">timeout=</code><em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Change the initial timeout interval for waiting for a + reply to number seconds. + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant"><em class="replaceable"><code>[<span class="optional">no</span>]</code></em>vc</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Always use a virtual circuit when sending requests to the + server. + </p> + <p> + (Default = novc) + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term"><code class="constant"><em class="replaceable"><code>[<span class="optional">no</span>]</code></em>fail</code></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + Try the next nameserver if a nameserver responds with + SERVFAIL or a referral (nofail) or terminate query + (fail) on such a response. + </p> + <p> + (Default = nofail) + </p> + </dd> +</dl></div> +<p> + </p> + </dd> +</dl></div> + </div> + + <div class="refsection"> +<a name="id-1.10"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2> + <p> + <span class="command"><strong>nslookup</strong></span> returns with an exit status of 1 + if any query failed, and 0 otherwise. + </p> + </div> + + <div class="refsection"> +<a name="id-1.11"></a><h2>FILES</h2> + + <p><code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf</code> + </p> + </div> + + <div class="refsection"> +<a name="id-1.12"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2> + + <p><span class="citerefentry"> + <span class="refentrytitle">dig</span>(1) + </span>, + <span class="citerefentry"> + <span class="refentrytitle">host</span>(1) + </span>, + <span class="citerefentry"> + <span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8) + </span>. + </p> + </div> +</div></body> +</html> |