comprehensive nsupdate document

[Uyi Idemudia]

Thank you sir, that was more comprehensive than the man page. Exactly what
I was looking for.

- Uyi

On Sat, 27 Jul 2002 Mark_Andrews at isc.org wrote:

--> 
--> > 
--> > Has anyone got a copy of a comprehensive nsupdate document? I'm
--> > looking for something with more information than the manpages. Preferably 
--> > something with varying examples of modifying nameservice records 
--> > (adding/deleting, A, HINFO, MX). Thanks,
--> > 
--> > - Uyi
--> 
--> 	# add a MX record for foo.example.
--> 	update add foo.example. 3600 IN MX 10 smtp.example.
--> 
--> 	# delete all HINFO records at foo.example.
--> 	update delete foo.example. IN HINFO
--> 
--> 	# delete a specific MX record at foo.example.
--> 	update delete foo.example. IN MX 5 smtp.example.
--> 
--> 	# add a HINFO record
--> 	update add foo.example. 3600 IN HINFO Dell FreeBSD
--> 
--> 	# delete all records at foo.example.
--> 	update delete foo.example.
--> 
--> 	If you know how to add a record in a zone file you should
--> 	be able to add it via nsupdate by prepending "update add".
--> 	Note all records are to be on one line.
--> 
--> 	To delete a specific record, prepend "update delete" to the
--> 	record.
--> 
--> 	Mark
--> --
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