$GENERATE or $EXEC?

[Andr Pirard]

Hi,

Even more interesting than $GENERATE would be an
$EXEC <filename> <parameters>
that would use the standard output of a script as input to BIND.
For example, it would be especially useful in a configuration file
defining many zones. A simple "if" in a script used much like an
$INCLUDE file would output zone definitions as master or slaves
depending the particular host the script runs on.
Allowing some programmed extensions to BIND much more easily than
preprocessing, this $EXEC would even bring fun to such things like
reloading the server with different data according to the time of the
day.

Best regards,

Andr.



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