Usage: mdig @server {global-opt} host {local-opt} [ host {local-opt} [...]] Where: anywhere opt is one of: -f filename (batch mode) -h (print help and exit) -v (print version and exit) global opt is one of: -4 (use IPv4 query transport only) -6 (use IPv6 query transport only) -b address[#port] (bind to source address/port) -p port (specify port number) -m (enable memory usage debugging) +[no]vc (TCP mode) +[no]tcp (TCP mode, alternate syntax) +[no]besteffort (Try to parse even illegal messages) +[no]cl (Control display of class in records) +[no]comments (Control display of comment lines) +[no]rrcomments (Control display of per-record comments) +[no]crypto (Control display of cryptographic fields in records) +[no]question (Control display of question) +[no]answer (Control display of answer) +[no]authority (Control display of authority) +[no]additional (Control display of additional) +[no]short (Disable everything except short form of answer) +[no]ttlid (Control display of ttls in records) +[no]ttlunits (Display TTLs in human-readable units) +[no]unknownformat (Print RDATA in RFC 3597 "unknown" format) +[no]all (Set or clear all display flags) +[no]multiline (Print records in an expanded format) +[no]split=## (Split hex/base64 fields into chunks) local opt is one of: -c class (specify query class) -t type (specify query type) -x dot-notation (shortcut for reverse lookups) +timeout=### (Set query timeout) [UDP=5,TCP=10] +udptimeout=### (Set timeout before UDP retry) +tries=### (Set number of UDP attempts) [3] +retry=### (Set number of UDP retries) [2] +bufsize=### (Set EDNS0 Max UDP packet size) +subnet=addr (Set edns-client-subnet option) +[no]edns[=###] (Set EDNS version) [0] +ednsflags=### (Set EDNS flag bits) +ednsopt=###[:value] (Send specified EDNS option) +noednsopt (Clear list of +ednsopt options) +[no]recurse (Recursive mode) +[no]aaonly (Set AA flag in query (+[no]aaflag)) +[no]adflag (Set AD flag in query) +[no]cdflag (Set CD flag in query) +[no]zflag (Set Z flag in query) +[no]dnssec (Request DNSSEC records) +[no]expire (Request time to expire) +[no]cookie[=###] (Send a COOKIE option) +[no]nsid (Request Name Server ID)