Converting named.boot to named.conf

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> Greetings,
> 
> On 4 May 2000, Karl Kleinpaste wrote:
> 
> > named-bootconf is a perl script.  Its internal comments include:
> > 
> > # This is a filter.  Input is a named.boot.  Output is a named.conf.
> > 
> > Feed it on stdin, read it from stdout.
> 
>    Your command line should be something like this:
> 
> /usr/sbin/named-bootconf < /etc/named.boot > /etc/named.conf
> 
> 
>    The < and > characters redirect stdin and stdout.
> 
>    I'll say it again... Too bad the programers failed to show a sample of
> the syntax in the help file :-(   Shame on you!

	Shame on you for not looking at the man page:-)

	Mark


NAMED-BOOTCONF(8)         BSD System Manager's Manual        NAMED-BOOTCONF(8)

NAME
     named-bootconf - convert name server configuration files

SYNOPSIS
     named-bootconf

DESCRIPTION
     named-bootconf converts named configuration files from BIND 4 format to
     BIND 8 format.

EXAMPLES
     named-bootconf < named.boot > named.conf

BUGS
     Comments from the source file will not always appear at the appropriate
     place in the target file.

SEE ALSO
     named(8),  named.conf(5)

 NetBSD                        November 19, 1998                             1

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