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pickdns data.8

Manvendra Bhangui edited this page Feb 25, 2024 · 2 revisions

NAME

pickdns-data - Data tool for pickdns

DESCRIPTION

pickdns-data reads local IP addresses from a file named data in the current directory.It creates data.cdb in a binary format designed for fast access by pickdns(8).It may also create some other files with names beginning with data.

pickdns-data updates data.cdb atomically, so you can use it safely while pickdns(8) is running. If anything goes wrong with the creation of data.cdb, pickdns-data stops and leaves the old data.cdb in place.

Data Format

+fqdn:ip

The domain name fqdn has IP address ip. You can list as many as 128 IP addresses for the same name.

-fqdn:ip

This type of line is used by programs that automatically edit data to temporarily exclude addresses of overloaded or dead machines.The line is ignored.

#comment

Comment line. The line is ignored.

SEE ALSO

pickdns(8) http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html

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