$generate lhs problem. Manual needs to be updated.

[Takahiro Masuda]

Hi I was trying to get the $generate directive to work like so 

11 IN PTR 14.cool.com.

....

30 IN PTR 33.cool.com.

$GENERATE 11-30  ${3,0,d} PTR $.COOL.COM.


I've read the manual here http://www.bind9.net/manual/bind/9.3.2/Bv9ARM.ch06.html#id2566761---

Syntax: $GENERATE range lhs [ttl] [class] type rhs [ comment ]

lhs describes the owner name of the resource records to be created. Any single $ symbols within the lhs side are replaced by the iterator value. To get a $ in the output you need to escape the $ using a backslash \, e.g. \$. The $ may optionally be followed by modifiers which change the offset from the iterator, field width and base. Modifiers are introduced by a { immediately following the $ as ${offset[,width[,base]]}. e.g. ${-20,3,d} which subtracts 20 from the current value, prints the result as a decimal in a zero padded field of with 3. Available output forms are decimal (d), octal (o) and hexadecimal (x or X for uppercase). The default modifier is ${0,0,d}. If the lhs is not absolute, the current $ORIGIN is appended to the name.

For compatibility with earlier versions $$ is still recognized a indicating a literal $ in the output.

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The tricky part is ${3,0,d} waas not working. I bumped into a site that stated $GENERATE range rhs type lhs

I then tried $GENERATE 11-30  $ PTR ${3,0,d}.COOL.COM. and this worked.

Hopefully this will help somebody.

Anybody here have the ability to update the manual?


 
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