ldns-notify(1)						      General Commands Manual						    ldns-notify(1)

NAME

       ldns-notify - notify DNS servers that updates are available

SYNOPSIS

       ldns-notify [options] -z zone servers

DESCRIPTION

       ldns-notify  sends a NOTIFY message to DNS servers. This tells them that an updated zone is available at the master servers. It can perform
       TSIG signatures and it can add a SOA serial number of the updated zone.	If a server already has that serial number it will  disregard  the
       message.

OPTIONS

       -z zone
	      The zone that is updated.

       -h     Show usage and exit

       -v     Show the version and exit

       -s serial
	      Append a SOA record indicating the serial number of the updated zone.

       -p port
	      Use port as destination port (default the DNS port 53) for the UDP packets.

       -y key:data
	      Use the given TSIG key and base64-data to sign the NOTIFY. Uses the hmac-md5 algorithm.

       -d     Print verbose debug information. The query that is sent and the query that is received.

       -r num Specify the maximum number of retries before notify gives up trying to send the UDP packet.

EXIT CODE

       The program exits with a 0 exit code if all servers replied an acknowledgement to the notify message, and a failure exit code otherwise.

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 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR-
       POSE.

								    9 Jan 2007							    ldns-notify(1)