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kjournalprint - Knot DNS journal print utility

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Parameters  Config options  Options  EXIT VALUES  EXAMPLES  SEE ALSO  AUTHOR  COPYRIGHT 

NAME

kjournalprint − Knot DNS journal print utility

SYNOPSIS

kjournalprint [config_option] [options] zone_name

kjournalprint [config_option] −z

DESCRIPTION

The program prints zone history stored in a journal database. As default, changes are colored for terminal.

Parameters

zone_name

A name of the zone to print the history for.

Config options

−c, −−config file

Use a textual configuration file (default is /usr/local/etc/knot/knot.conf).

−C, −−confdb directory

Use a binary configuration database directory (default is /usr/local/var/lib/knot/confdb). The default configuration database, if exists, has a preference to the default configuration file.

−D, −−dir path

Use specified journal database path and default configuration.

Options

−z, −−zone−list

Instead of reading the journal, display the list of zones in the DB.

−l, −−limit limit

Limits the number of displayed changes.

−s, −−serial soa

Start at a specific SOA serial.

−M, −−merge

Print the changesets merged into one changeset. If zone−in−journal is present, the stored contents with all the changesets applied will be printed.

−H, −−check

Enable additional journal semantic checks during printing.

−d, −−debug

Debug mode brief output.

−x, −−mono

Don't generate colorized output.

−X, −−color

Force colorized output.

−h, −−help

Print the program help.

−V, −−version

Print the program version. The option −VV makes the program print the compile time configuration summary.

EXIT VALUES

Exit status of 0 means successful operation. Any other exit status indicates an error.

EXAMPLES

Last (most recent) 5 changes without colors:

$ kjournalprint −xl 5 /var/lib/knot/journal example.com.

SEE ALSO

knotd(8), knot.conf(5).

AUTHOR

CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. and contributors <https://www.knot-dns.cz/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. and contributors


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