JDNS(1)

💅 JDNS — like, the manual bestie 💅

okay so hi bestie!! welcome to jdns, a command-line tool whose whole entire job is to test the functionality of jdns. yes really. it's a lil tester for itself. self-love, honestly. iconic behaviour, we stan. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

jdns (options) uni [type] [name] (nameserver(;port)|mul ...)
     (options) mul [type] [name]
     (options) pub [items ...]
     sys

so there's like four modes and you pick your fighter 💖 the uni girlie takes a [type], a [name], and then either a nameserver (with an optional ;port if you're feeling spicy) or the literal word mul for multicast. the mul girlie just takes a [type] and a [name]. the pub girlie takes [items ...]. and then there's sys, standing there all by itself, no arguments, just vibes. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -d — show debug output 👀 like, spill the tea, tell me everything
• -6 — use ipv6 🌈 get with the modern times
• -q x — quit x seconds after starting ⏰ so you literally set it to dip out after x seconds, no lingering

🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

the homework, bestie, copy these exactly:

jdns uni a jabber.org 192.168.0.1
jdns uni srv _xmpp-client._tcp.jabber.org 192.168.0.1;53
jdns uni 10 user@host._presence._tcp.local mul
jdns mul a foobar.local
jdns mul ptr _services._dns-sd._udp.local
jdns pub a:mybox.local.,192.168.0.55

see how the third one's got that mul at the end instead of an IP? that's the multicast vibe check 🌸 and the last one's publishing an a record with a lil comma-separated situation. chef's kiss. 💅

👑 AUTHORS 👑

jdns was written by Justin Karneges and Jeremie Miller. legends, fr fr. 👑

and that's the whole thing!! this page is from the jdns manual, User Commands section, dated November 2015 — the footer says jdns / November 2015 / JDNS(1) and honestly? we're keeping that energy. 💖 periodt. 🎀✨