.TH ldns-notify 1 "9 Jan 2007"
.SH NAME
ldns-notify \- notify DNS servers that updates are available
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ldns-notify
[options]
\-z zone
.IR servers 

.SH DESCRIPTION

\fBldns-notify\fR 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.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB-z zone\fR
The zone that is updated.

.TP
\fB-h\fR
Show usage and exit

.TP
\fB-v\fR
Show the version and exit

.TP
\fB-s serial\fR
Append a SOA record indicating the serial number of the updated zone.

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

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

.TP
\fB-d\fR
Print verbose debug information. The query that is sent and the query
that is received.

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

.SH 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. 

.SH AUTHOR
Written by the ldns team as an example for ldns usage.

.SH REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <ldns-team@nlnetlabs.nl>. 

.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2005 NLnet Labs. This is free software. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.