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

       -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, RRSIG or DNSKEY. DS records are not printed.

       -b     Include Bubble Babble encoding of DS's.

       -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.

       -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, RRSIG
              or DNSKEY. 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  exisiting  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)