dnsqrx
1
user commands
djbwares
dnsqrx
query a proxy DNS server using the DNS protocol
dnsqrx
t
fqdn
s
Description
dnsqrx looks up resource records of type t for fqdn by making a Domain Name System request to a proxy DNS server at s.
It prints the results in a human-readable format, more compact than the dig1 output format.
It expects to query a proxy DNS server, and the request is marked as recursive.
t may be a name or a number.
Currently recognized names are:
any
,
a
,
ns
,
mx
,
ptr
,
txt
,
cname
,
soa
,
hinfo
,
rp
,
sig
,
key
,
aaaa
,
axfr
, and
srv
.
See also
dnsqr1
a similar tool that makes requests to the locally configured proxy DNS server
dnsq1
a similar tool that makes requests to content DNS servers
tinydns-get1
a tool that makes direct queries against a content DNS server's database
History
dnsqrx was an addition to Daniel J. Bernstein's djbdns toolset by Jonathande Boyne Pollard.
Author
Original code and documentation by Jonathan de Boyne Pollard.