A question about nsupdate

[Cricket Liu]

> I am running Bind 8.1.2 with approx. 750 zone files.
>
> I want to be able to dynamically add CNAME records using nsupdate.
>
> It works, but is very slow.
>
> I run nsupdate, with an update add command and I notice that a '.ixfr'
file
> and a '.log' is created for the domain being updated but the .hosts file
> doesn't change right away. After a period of time (about 30 minutes?) the
> .log file disappears and the .hosts file is updated with the new RR.

Right, but the in-memory copy of the zone is updated right away.

> Does anyone know  if there's a way of having Bind update the .hosts
> file immediately.

No, there isn't.

cricket

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