easily in from the command line and from shell scripts to do
simple lookups. In a more advanced mode it can be used as a
general-purpose DNS helper program for scripting languages which
- can invoke and communicate with subprocesses. See the [1]usage
- message for a summary of its capabilities.
+ can invoke and communicate with subprocesses. See the [1]adnshost
+ usage message for a summary of its capabilities.
-Technical note
-
- adns requires a real nameserver like [2]BIND or [3]Dents running on
- the same system or a nearby one, which must be willing to provide
- `recursive service'. I.e., adns is a `stub resolver'. All properly
- configured UN*X and GNU systems will already have such nameserver(s);
- they are usually listed in /etc/resolv.conf.
-
Documentation
I'm afraid there is no manual yet. However, competent C programmers
- should be able to use the library based on the [4]commented adns.h
+ should be able to use the library based on the [2]commented adns.h
header file, and the usage messages for the programs should be
sufficient.
I have set up mailinglists adns-announce and adns-discuss. The
announcements list is moderated and will contain only announcements of
- important bugs, new versions, &c. The bug reports address mentioned
+ important bugs, new versions, etc. The bug reports address mentioned
above is also a mailing list; feel free to subscribe to it.
- There are [5]archives and subscription web pages, or you can subscribe
+ There are [3]archives and subscription web pages, or you can subscribe
by sending mail containing the word `subscribe' to
adns-announce-REQUEST@chiark.greenend.org.uk or
adns-discuss-REQUEST@chiark.greenend.org.uk.
Download
- Available for download from [6]chiark.greenend.org.uk are:
- * The [7]current release as a gzipped tarfile.
- * [8]adns.h API header file with comments, and [9]usage message for
+ Available for download from [4]chiark.greenend.org.uk are:
+ * The [5]current release as a gzipped tarfile.
+ * [6]adns.h API header file with comments, and [7]usage message for
adnshost (currently there is no manual, sorry).
- * All versions released so far are also available via [10]anonymous
- FTP and [11]HTTP,
+ * All versions released so far are also available via [8]anonymous
+ FTP and [9]HTTP,
* A mirror of my CVS repository is available via rsync from
rsync.chiark.greenend.org.uk::ftp/users/ian/cvs-pub/adns (use FTP
- first to find your way around), or via [12]cvsweb.
+ first to find your way around), or via [10]cvsweb.
- adns is also available from the [13]GNU Project FTP servers and their
- [14]mirrors.
+ adns is also available from the [11]GNU Project FTP servers and their
+ [12]mirrors.
+
+Technical note
+
+ adns requires a real nameserver like [13]BIND or [14]Dents running on
+ the same system or a nearby one, which must be willing to provide
+ `recursive service'. I.e., adns is a `stub resolver'. All properly
+ configured UN*X and GNU systems will already have such nameserver(s);
+ they are usually listed in /etc/resolv.conf.
Copyright and licensing
References
- 1. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adnsresfilter.txt
- 2. http://www.isc.org/view.cgi?/products/BIND/index.phtml
- 3. http://www.dents.org/
- 4. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.h.txt
- 5. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/mailman/listinfo
- 6. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/
- 7. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.tar.gz
- 8. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.h.txt
- 9. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adnsresfilter.txt
- 10. ftp://ftp.chiark.greenend.org.uk/users/ian/adns/
- 11. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~/ian/adns/ftp/
- 12. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ijackson/cvsweb/adns/
- 13. http://www.gnu.org/
- 14. http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
+ 1. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adnshost.txt
+ 2. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.h.txt
+ 3. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/mailman/listinfo
+ 4. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/
+ 5. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.tar.gz
+ 6. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adns.h.txt
+ 7. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/adnshost.txt
+ 8. ftp://ftp.chiark.greenend.org.uk/users/ian/adns/
+ 9. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/ftp/
+ 10. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ijackson/cvsweb/adns/
+ 11. http://www.gnu.org/
+ 12. http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
+ 13. http://www.isc.org/view.cgi?/products/BIND/index.phtml
+ 14. http://www.dents.org/
15. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/COPYING.txt
16. http://www.fsf.org/
17. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/
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