NAME

       ldns-read-zone - read a zonefile and print it

SYNOPSIS

       ldns-read-zone ZONEFILE

DESCRIPTION

       ldns-read-zone  reads  a  DNS  zone file and prints it. The output has 1 resource record per line, and no
       pretty-printing makeup.

OPTIONS

       -0     Print a (null) for the RRSIG inception, expiry  and  key  data.  This  option  can  be  used  when
              comparing  different  signing  systems  that  use  the  same  DNSKEYs for signing but would have a
              slightly different timings/jitter.

       -b     Include Bubble Babble encoding of DS's.

       -c     Canonicalize all resource records in the zone before printing

       -d     Only print DNSSEC data from the zone. This option skips every record that is  not  of  type  NSEC,
              NSEC3 or RRSIG. DNSKEY and DS records are not printed.

       -e RR type
              Do  not print RRs of the given rr type.  This option may be given multiple times.  -e is not meant
              to be used together with -E.

       -E RR type
              Print only RRs of the given rr type.  This option may be given multiple times.  -E is not meant to
              be used together with -e.

       -h     Show usage and exit

       -n     Do not print the SOA record

       -p     Pad the SOA serial number with spaces so the number and the spaces together take  ten  characters.
              This is useful for in file serial number increments.

       -s     Strip  DNSSEC  data  from  the zone. This option skips every record that is of type NSEC, NSEC3 or
              RRSIG. DNSKEY and DS records are still printed.

       -S [[+|0]number | YYYYMMDDxx | unixtime ]
              Set serial number to the given number, or when preceded by a sign, offset the existing number with
              it. When giving the literal strings YYYYMMDDxx or unixtime, the serial number is tried to be reset
              in datecounter or in unixtime format respectively. Though is the updated serial number is  smaller
              than the original one, the original one is simply increased by one.

              When  updating a serial number, records of type NSEC, NSEC3, RRSIG and DNSKEY will be skipped when
              printing the zone.

       -u RR type
              Mark RR type for printing in unknown type format.

              -u is not meant to be used together with -U.

       -U RR type
              Mark RR type for not printing in unknown type format.

              The first occurrence of the -U option marks all RR types  for  printing  in  unknown  type  format
              except  for  the given RR type.  Subsequent -U options will clear the mark for those RR types too,
              so that only the given RR types will be printed in the presentation format specific for  those  RR
              types.

              -U is not meant to be used together with -u.

       -v     Show the version and exit

       -z     Sort the zone before printing (this implies -c)

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 PURPOSE.

                                                   30 May 2005                                 ldns-read-zone(1)