.TH dnsqr 1 .SH NAME dnsqr \- asks for records of type .I t under the domain name .I fqdn .SH SYNOPSIS .B dnsqr .I t .I fqdn .SH DESCRIPTION .B dnsqr asks for records of type .I t under the domain name .IR fqdn . It prints the results in a human-readable format, more compact than the .I dig output format. .I t may be a name or number. Currently recognized names: .IR any , .IR a , .IR ns , .IR mx , .IR ptr , .IR txt , .IR cname , .IR soa , .IR hinfo , .IR rp , .IR sig , .IR key , .IR aaaa , .IR axfr . Note that, if you want to perform a zone transfer, you should use .BR axfr-get (8), not .B dnsqr axfr\fR. .B dnsqr is available in djbdns 1.01 and above. .SH SEE ALSO dnsip(1), dnsipq(1), dnsmx(1), dnstxt(1), dnsname(1), dnsq(1), dnstrace(1), tinydns-get(1) http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html