ADIG(1)

NAME
adig - print information collected from Domain Name System (DNS) servers

SYNOPSIS
adig [@server] [-c class] [-p port#] [-q name] [-t type] [-x addr] [name] [type] [class] [queryopt...]

DESCRIPTION

Send queries to DNS servers about name and print received information, where name is a valid DNS name (e.g. www.example.com, 1.2.3.10.in-addr.arpa).

This utility comes with the c-ares asynchronous resolver library.

It is possible to specify default arguments for adig via ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/adigrc.

ARGS

@server
    Server ip address. May specify multiple in comma delimited format. May be specified in URI format.

name
    Name of the resource record that is to be looked up

type
    What type of query is required. e.g. - A, AAAA, MX, TXT, etc. If not specified, A will be used.

class
    Sets the query class, defaults to IN. May also be HS or CH.

FLAGS

-c class
    Sets the query class, defaults to IN. May also be HS or CH.

-h  Prints the help.

-p port
    Sends query to a port other than 53. Often recommended to set the port using @server instead.

-q name
    Specifies the domain name to query. Useful to distinguish name from other arguments

-r  Skip adigrc processing

-s  Server (alias for @server syntax), compatibility with old cmdline

-t type
    Indicates resource record type to query. Useful to distinguish type from other arguments

-x addr
    Simplified reverse lookups. Sets the type to PTR and forms a valid in-arpa query string

QUERY OPTIONS

+[no]aaonly
    Sets the aa flag in the query. Default is off.

+[no]aaflag
    Alias for +[no]aaonly

+[no]additional
    Toggles printing the additional section. On by default.

+[no]adflag
    Sets the ad (authentic data) bit in the query. Default is off.

+[no]aliases
    Whether or not to honor the HOSTALIASES file. Default is on.

+[no]all
    Toggles all of +[no]cmd, +[no]stats, +[no]question, +[no]answer, +[no]authority, +[no]additional, +[no]comments

+[no]answer
    Toggles printing the answer. On by default.

+[no]authority
    Toggles printing the authority. On by default.

+bufsize=#
    UDP EDNS 0 packet size allowed. Defaults to 1232.

+[no]cdflag
    Sets the CD (checking disabled) bit in the query. Default is off.

+[no]class
    Display the class when printing the record. On by default.

+[no]cmd
    Toggles printing the command requested. On by default.

+[no]comments
    Toggles printing the comments. On by default

+[no]defname
    Alias for +[no]search

+domain=somename
    Sets the search list to a single domain.

+[no]dns0x20
    Whether or not to use DNS 0x20 case randomization when sending queries. Default is off.

+[no]edns[=#]
    Enable or disable EDNS. Only allows a value of 0 if specified. Default is to enable EDNS.

+[no]ignore
    Ignore truncation on UDP, by default retried on TCP.

+[no]keepopen
    Whether or not the server connection should be persistent. Default is off.

+ndots=#
    Sets the number of dots that must appear before being considered absolute. Defaults to 1.

+[no]primary
    Whether or not to only use a single server if more than one server is available. Defaults to using all servers.

+[no]qr
    Toggles printing the request query. Off by default.

+[no]question
    Toggles printing the question. On by default.

+[no]recurse
    Toggles the RD (Recursion Desired) bit. On by default.

+retry=#
    Same as +tries but does not include the initial attempt.

+[no]search
    To use or not use the search list. Search list is not used by default.

+[no]stats
    Toggles printing the statistics. On by default.

+[no]tcp
    Whether to use TCP when querying name servers. Default is UDP.

+tries=#
    Number of query tries. Defaults to 3.

+[no]ttlid
    Display the TTL when printing the record. On by default.

+[no]vc
    Alias for +[no]tcp

FILES

${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/adigrc

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to the c-ares github issues tracker
https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues

SEE ALSO

ahost(1).