12-19-2003
Read this if you are serious about being a Unix Admin...
Okay someone posted this as a response to a newbie question about books and resources and the ever popular "What should I read to be a good unix admin " newbie question...
I feel this should be a sticky, because after having read a good portion of it since yesterday, I noticed the bibliography...WOW!!!
There are well over 100 book references there... I would buy them all if I could...
Please read this if you are serious about becoming a great UNIX/Linux SA and programmer.
The Art of Unix Programming
Here is the bibliography link that is in the above link as well...
Bibliography
EDIT, 03/24/05:
I found one more great site I had forgotten about till a few weeks ago. It shows the utterly complete history of every known UNIX flavor, a family tree, if you will...
http://www.levenez.com/unix/
ENJOY!!!
Last edited by Kelam_Magnus; 03-24-2005 at 11:31 PM..
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net::dns::question
Net::DNS::Question(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Net::DNS::Question(3)
NAME
Net::DNS::Question - DNS question class
SYNOPSIS
"use Net::DNS::Question"
DESCRIPTION
A "Net::DNS::Question" object represents a record in the question section of a DNS packet.
METHODS
new
$question = Net::DNS::Question->new("example.com", "MX", "IN");
Creates a question object from the domain, type, and class passed as arguments.
qname, zname
print "qname = ", $question->qname, "
";
print "zname = ", $question->zname, "
";
Returns the domain name. In dynamic update packets, this field is known as "zname" and refers to the zone name.
qtype, ztype
print "qtype = ", $question->qtype, "
";
print "ztype = ", $question->ztype, "
";
Returns the record type. In dymamic update packets, this field is known as "ztype" and refers to the zone type (must be SOA).
qclass, zclass
print "qclass = ", $question->qclass, "
";
print "zclass = ", $question->zclass, "
";
Returns the record class. In dynamic update packets, this field is known as "zclass" and refers to the zone's class.
print
$question->print;
Prints the question record on the standard output.
string
print $qr->string, "
";
Returns a string representation of the question record.
data
$qdata = $question->data($packet, $offset);
Returns the question record in binary format suitable for inclusion in a DNS packet.
Arguments are a "Net::DNS::Packet" object and the offset within that packet's data where the "Net::DNS::Question" record is to be stored.
This information is necessary for using compressed domain names.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Michael Fuhr. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
perl(1), Net::DNS, Net::DNS::Resolver, Net::DNS::Packet, Net::DNS::Update, Net::DNS::Header, Net::DNS::RR, RFC 1035 Section 4.1.2
perl v5.8.0 2002-10-12 Net::DNS::Question(3)