NAME

       ldns-notify - notify DNS servers that updates are available

SYNOPSIS

       ldns-notify [options] -z zone servers

DESCRIPTION

       ldns-notify  sends  a NOTIFY message to DNS servers. This tells them that an updated zone is available at
       the master servers. It can perform TSIG signatures and it can add a SOA  serial  number  of  the  updated
       zone.  If a server already has that serial number it will disregard the message.

OPTIONS

       -z zone
              The zone that is updated.

       -h     Show usage and exit

       -v     Show the version and exit

       -s serial
              Append a SOA record indicating the serial number of the updated zone.

       -p port
              Use port as destination port (default the DNS port 53) for the UDP packets.

       -y key:data
              Use the given TSIG key and base64-data to sign the NOTIFY. Uses the hmac-md5 algorithm.

       -d     Print verbose debug information. The query that is sent and the query that is received.

       -r num Specify the maximum number of retries before notify gives up trying to send the UDP packet.

EXIT CODE

       The program exits with a 0 exit code if all servers replied an acknowledgement to the notify message, and
       a failure exit code otherwise.

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.

                                                   9 Jan 2007                                     ldns-notify(1)