syntax: rec_control [options] command, options as below: --chroot=... switch to chroot jail --config-dir=... Location of configuration directory (recursor.conf) --config-name=... Name of this virtual configuration - will rename the binary image --help Provide this helpful message --ignore-unknown-settings=... Configuration settings to ignore if they are unknown --process=... When controlling multiple recursors, the target process number --socket-dir=... Where the controlsocket will live, /var/run/pdns-recursor when unset and not chrooted --timeout=... Number of seconds to wait for the recursor to respond --version Show the version of this program In addition, 'rec_control help' can be used to retrieve a list of available commands from PowerDNS