.TH "dns_browse" "1" 
.SH "NAME" 
dns_tree \(em command-line frontend to dig 
.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
.PP 
\fBdns_tree\fR [\fB-f\fP]  [\fB-v\fP]  [\fB-d\fP]  [\fB-t \fITYPE\fR\fP]  [\fB-m \fIMATCH\fR\fP] \fBDNS_domain\fR 
.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
.PP 
This manual page documents briefly the 
\fBdns_tree\fR command. 
.PP 
This manual page was written for the \fBDebian\fP distribution 
because the original program does not have a manual page. 
 
.PP 
\fBdns_tree\fR is a program that works as a front-end 
to \fBdig\fR. Given a specific domain 
\fBdns_tree\fR will make several \fBdig\fR     invocations to fetch a zone and it will format the output in in a somewhat 
sensible hierarchical style (a tree). 
 
.PP 
Information extracted from the DNS relies on being possible 
to fetch a zone through a zone transfer. If the DNS servers for the 
requested domain do not allow file transfers \fBdns_tree\fR     will not be able to obtain information from the zone. 
.PP 
All data obtain is cached in ~/.DNS_BROWSE with an approximation of 
the usual DNS caching rules.  Remove all files in that directory to 
prematurely flush the cache. 
 
.SH "OPTIONS" 
.PP 
A summary of options is included below. 
.IP "\fB-t \fITYPE\fR\fP" 10 
Show only records of \fITYPE\fR. This 
argument can be repeated to indicate multiple types. Use the 
"all" type to print all the known types. 
 
.IP "\fB-m \fIMATCH\fR\fP" 10 
Show only records in which the first component matches the 
PERL regexpt \fIMATCH\fR. 
.IP "\fB-h\fP" 10 
Show summary of options. 
.IP "\fB-v\fP" 10 
Enable verbose mode. All DNS requests are printed in the  
standard error. 
.IP "\fB-d\fP" 10 
Enable debug output. Presents internal information of the 
program 
.IP "\fB-f\fP" 10 
Override warnings (force). 
.SH "SEE ALSO" 
.PP 
dig (1), dns_browse (1), perlrequick (1). 
.SH "AUTHOR" 
.PP 
This manual page was written by Javier Fernandez-Sanguino jfs@debian.org for 
the \fBDebian\fP system (and may be used by others).  Permission is 
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under 
the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any 
later version published by the Free Software Foundation. 
 
.PP 
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public 
License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. 
 
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