DNSPCAP2CALIDNS(1)

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✨ DNSPCAP2CALIDNS(1) ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the PowerDNS Authoritative Server manual, and today's main character is dnspcap2calidns — the little glow-up machine that turns your DNS pcap files into something calidns can actually eat. no cap. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

dnspcap2calidns — a tool to convert PCAPs of DNS traffic to calidns input 💅

like, literally what it says on the tin. sniff sniff, convert, slay.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dnspcap2calidns PCAPFILE OUTFILE

two args, that's it, that's the whole vibe. ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea 🍓: dnspcap2calidns reads the PCAP file PCAPFILE, hunting for DNS queries like it's scrolling for drama, and then writes those queries out to OUTFILE — in the exact format that calidns understands. so calidns gets a lil snack it can actually digest. iconic behaviour, honestly. 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --help — shows you a summary of the options. very demure, very mindful, very "here's what I can do" 🫶
  • --version — displays the version of dnspcap2calidns. so you know exactly which one you're dealing with. iykyk 🌈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • calidns(1) — the other half of this duo. the destination. the moment. the vibe check that this whole tool exists to serve. 💖

💅 AUTHOR 💅

PowerDNS.COM BV

PowerDNS.COM BV

okay that's the whole page, bestie, you ate 🍓✨ — brought to you by the PowerDNS Authoritative Server, dated Aug 05, 2026, no cap, fr fr. 🎀🦋💜

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