KJOURNALPRINT(8)

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version 3.6.2 · 16 versions
, in nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 KJOURNALPRINT(8) — the Knot DNS journal print utility, bestie edition 💖

okay so like, hi, welcome to kjournalprint — it's the little print utility from Knot DNS (that's the manual we're in, section 8, mwah) ✨

🦋 NAME 🦋

kjournalprint — the Knot DNS journal print utility. yeah. that's her. that's the whole name. she prints journals, she's iconic, periodt. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

kjournalprint [config_option] [options] zone_name

kjournalprint [config_option] -z

like, you either give her a zone_name (plus whatever config options and options you want), or you hit her with the -z zone-list mode and she just lists stuff. no cap. 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically this program prints the zone history that's stored in a journal database. that's the vibe. 💅

and hmm, important detail: as default, changes are colored for terminal. yes bestie, she comes pre-glammed. 🌈

🎀 Parameters 🎀

  • zone_name — the name of the zone you want the history printed for. that's the one. that's the zone. 💖

🧚 Config options 🧚

  • -c, --config file — use a textual configuration file. the default is /etc/knot/knot.conf. 🍓
  • -C, --confdb directory — use a binary configuration database directory. default is /var/lib/knot/confdb. and listen — the default configuration database, if it exists, has a preference to the default configuration file. iykyk, priority drama. 👑
  • -D, --dir path — use the specified journal database path and default configuration. simple. clean. slay. ✨

💜 Options 💜

  • -z, --zone-list — instead of reading the journal, display the list of zones in the DB. she's just doing roll call, not reading the diary. 💀
  • -l, --limit limit — limits the number of displayed changes. keeps things from being too much (as if). 🙈
  • -s, --serial soa — start at a specific SOA serial. pick your starting point, main character energy. ⭐
  • -M, --merge — print the changesets merged into one changeset. and if zone-in-journal is present, the stored contents with all the changesets applied will be printed. one big combined moment. 🔥
  • -H, --check — enable additional journal semantic checks during printing. she's double-checking, we love a careful queen. 🧚
  • -d, --debug — debug mode brief output. short and nosy. 🌸
  • -x, --mono — don't generate colorized output. no color. plain. monochrome baddie. 🖤 (ok no black emoji tag but you get it)
  • -X, --color — force colorized output. color whether the terminal likes it or not. 🌈
  • -h, --help — print the program help. she's telling you about herself, obsessed. 💖
  • -V, --version — print the program version. and the option -VV makes the program print the compile time configuration summary. two V's, extra lore. 😭

🦋 EXIT VALUES 🦋

exit status of 0 means successful operation. any other exit status indicates an error. that's it, that's the whole rule. if you get a non-zero, something went wrong bestie, go look. 💅

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

last (most recent) 5 changes without colors:

$ kjournalprint -xl 5 /var/lib/knot/journal example.com.

see how -x kills the color and -l 5 keeps it to five? teamwork. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

knotd(8), knot.conf(5). go read those too, they're giving lore. ✨

💖 AUTHOR 💖

CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. and contributors <https://www.knot-dns.cz/> — the whole squad. 🫶

Copyright (C) CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. and contributors

and that's the page, cutie 🎀 — this was version 3.6.2 from 2026-10-21, so if the date looks like it's from the future, no it doesn't, mind your business 💀💜 mwah!

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