FETCHZONE(1)

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💖 FETCHZONE(1) — the fetchzone page, bestie edition 💖

okay so you opened the manual for fetchzone, part of the fetchzone corner of the internet, and I am SO glad you're here. pull up a chair, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

fetchzone — get dns zone from server 👑

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So basically, fetchzone does the iconic thing: it transfers a dns zone that you pick from a zone server, and then it shows that zone off on standard output in csv2 format. that's it. that's the whole vibe. she fetches, she displays, she serves. 💅

🦋 USAGE 🦋

fetchzone zone_name zone_server_IP [query_class]

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • zone_name — the name of the dns zone you want transferred. like, the zone's whole government name. ✨
  • zone_server_IP — the IP address of the dns server. that's where we're pulling from, no cap.
  • query_class — this one is optional, bestie! it flips the query class from 1 (which is the default, the standard, the normal girl) over to 255. some versions of Bind are highkey picky and need this. so if it's not working, this might be the moment. 🙈

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

Wanna grab the zone example.com from the server 192.168.9.8? say less:

fetchzone example.com 192.168.9.8

Wanna obtain the zone example.org from the server 10.9.8.78 using a query class of 255? here's the move:

fetchzone example.com 10.9.8.78 255

💀 BUGS 💀

Not everything is main character energy, and here's the flop: Fetchzone will not correctly output host names that have utf-8 characters in them. 😭 so if your hostnames are giving unicode, she's gonna fumble. sorry bestie, that's just the truth.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these too, iykyk:

okay so the lawyers need their moment, and honestly? respect. here it is, word for word, no edits, because this part is NOT the place for creative liberty:

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Sam Trenholme — the actual author, the founder of the whole thing. we stan. 🫶

and that's the page, bestie!! this lil masterpiece is from way back in June 2004, it's the fetchzone manual, page FETCHZONE(1) (section 1, obviously), and yes she's been serving dns zone realness since before some of us were even born. iconic behavior, fr fr. ⭐🧚♀️💖

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