nslookup or dig

[Barry Margolin]

In article <f0ou07$2ql3$1 at sf1.isc.org>, F GV <fgv1000 at yahoo.com.mx> 
wrote:

> Hi,
> I've made some changes in a zone file and i want to
> make some queries to confirm that changes are
> available outside my server and my country.
>  
> The only way i know how to do that, is using nslookup
> and ask for my server from other name server. For
> example, from a nameserver of an ISP.
> 
> I suppose there are many other ways. Any suggestions?

If you have an account on a remote system, you can use

dig <name> <type> @<yourserver> +norec

This emulates what a caching nameserver does to look up the name.

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