Bind v9.1.3: Use of $ORIGIN in zone files

[Roy Arends]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, dgoogle wrote:

> Has anyone used the $ORIGIN option in the zone files with any success?

Yes.

> Any examples would be appreciated.

example:


     $ORIGIN example.com.
     $TTL 600

     @    SOA ns1  hostmaster 1 3h 1h 1w 5m
          NS  ns1
          NS  ns2
     ns1  A   10.0.0.1
     ns2  A   192.168.0.1


will translate to


     example.com.     600 IN SOA ns1.example.com. (
                                 hostmaster.example.com.
				 1 10800 3600 604800 300 )
     example.com.     600 IN NS  ns1.example.com.
     example.com.     600 IN NS  ns2.example.com.
     ns1.example.com. 600 IN A   10.0.0.1
     ns2.example.com. 600 IN A   192.168.0.1

Every hostname, not ending with a dot, will have the $ORIGIN appended.

Regards,

Roy Arends
Nominum
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