debian man page for mdns-scan

Query: mdns-scan

OS: debian

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MDNS-SCAN(1)						      General Commands Manual						      MDNS-SCAN(1)

NAME
mdns-scan - Scan for mDNS/DNS-SD services published on the local network
SYNOPSIS
mdns-scan
DESCRIPTION
mdns-scan is a tool for scanning for mDNS/DNS-SD published services on the local network. It issues a mDNS PTR query to the special RR _services._dns-sd._udp.local for retrieving a list of all currently registered services on the local link.
OPTIONS
mdns-scan has no commandline options.
NOTES
mdns-scan is not a good mDNS citizen since it queries continuously for services and doesn't implement features like Duplicate Suppression. It is intended for usage as a debugging tool only. mdns-scan is incomplete since it doesn't resolve mDNS services for you - it just dumps their PTR RRs. To understand these records you need minimal knowledge of DNS-SD and how it works. mdns-scan does not terminate on its own behalf. It scans for services continuously until the user kills it by pressing C-c. mdns-scan does not rely on a local mDNS responder daemon. It has no dependencies besides the GNU libc. It has been tested on Linux only. mdns-scan does NOT scan for local mDNS enabled hosts or A/AAAA RRs, it scans for DNS-SD registered services, nothing else.
SEE ALSO
mDNSResponder(8)
AUTHOR
mdns-scan has been written by Lennart Poettering <mzqrovna@0pointer.de> 0.4 Jan 21, 2004 MDNS-SCAN(1)
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avahi-daemon(8) - suse
avahi-daemon(8) - opensolaris
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