dig

DNS domain information groper lookup utility

Syntax:

dig [@server] [-b address] [-c class] [-f filename]
    [-k filename] [-p port_num] [-q name] [-t type]
    [-x addr] [-y [hmac:]name:key] [-4] [-6] [name]
    [type] [class] [queryopt...]

dig [-h]

dig [global-queryopt...] [query...]

Runs on:

Neutrino

Options:

See http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?dig++NetBSD-5.0 in the NetBSD documentation.

Description:

The dig (domain information groper) utility is a flexible tool for interrogating DNS name servers. It performs DNS lookups and displays the answers that are returned from the name server(s) that were queried. For more information, see http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?dig++NetBSD-5.0 in the NetBSD documentation.

See also:

dnssec-keygen, host, named in the NetBSD documentation