.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)

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