FETCHZONE(1)							     fetchzone							      FETCHZONE(1)

NAME

       fetchzone - get dns zone from server

DESCRIPTION

       fetchzone transfers a user-specified dns zone from a zone server and displays it in csv2 format on the standard output.

USAGE

       fetchzone zone_name zone_server_IP [query_class]

OPTIONS

       zone_name

       Name of the dns zone to be transferred.

       zone_server_IP

       IP address of dns server

       query_class

       Optional argument which can change the query class from 1 (the default) to 255. This may be needed for some versions of Bind.

EXAMPLES

       To obtain the zone example.com from the server 192.168.9.8:

	   fetchzone example.com 192.168.9.8

       To obtain the zone example.org from the server 10.9.8.78 using a query class of 255:

	   fetchzone example.com 10.9.8.78 255

BUGS

       Fetchzone will not correctly output host names with utf-8 characters in them.

SEE ALSO

       The man pages maradns(8) and csv2(5)

       http://www.maradns.org

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

       THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
       WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
       FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
       SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
       WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN
       IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

AUTHOR

       Sam Trenholme

June 2004							     fetchzone							      FETCHZONE(1)