bind9 zone transfers with rsync

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9seq25$eu3 at pub3.rc.vix.com>, chris <cherbst at hotpop.com> wrote:
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>In article <9seflf$bs2 at pub3.rc.vix.com>, "Simon Waters"
><Simon at wretched.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> Why specifically do you want BIND to call the program?
>
>Large zone file, ~10 MB.  Other admin would prefer rsync to AXFR.

I think you misunderstood the question.  He wasn't asking why you want to
use rsync, but why it's necessary for BIND to invoke it.  You could instead
use a cron job, or run a script on the master machine that pushes the file
over after you modify it.

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