dnstools

Short:        DNS query tools
Author:       various authors
Uploader:     kamar ease rhein-main de (Klaus Heinz)
Type:         comm/tcp
Requires:     AmiTCP v4 (never checked v2 or v3)
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

Contained in this archive are the DNS query tools 'dig' and 'nslookup'
from the bind-4.9.3-beta17 archive, adapted to AmigaOS and AmiTCP.

I compiled them last summer but had never the time to polish them
enough (IMO) for a release on Aminet. Due to some demand on Usenet
and IRC I have now put together the binaries for those who would like
to try them.

Installation:

  copy bin/#? TO AmiTCP:bin
  copy help/#? TO AmiTCP:help
  ; only if the whois-service is unknown
  type db/services.add >> AmiTCP:db/services

missing features:

  - I never checked the necessary stack size, 16384 works for me,
    less may give you trouble.

  - nslookup doesn't allow a ':' in filenames for the ls command:

      ls some.domain.org. > RAM:foobar

    but this happens also with the UNIX nslookup I have. If you make
    the appropriate changes to the (f)lex input file commands.l, let
    me know.

  - The binaries contain debug information (line), so FindHit may say
    something useful. Strip them to save about 100KB.

  - rather big executables, even if stripped. The programs include
    their own resolver functions (res_send, etc.), since those inside
    AmiTCP are not accessible.