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#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
# $Id: perldig 264 2005-04-06 09:16:15Z olaf $
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=head1 NAME
perldig - Perl script to perform DNS queries
=head1 SYNOPSIS
C<perldig> [ C<@>I<nameserver> ] I<name> [ I<type> [ I<class> ] ]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Performs a DNS query on the given name.  The record type
and class can also be specified; if left blank they default
to A and IN.
=head1 AUTHOR
Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<perl(1)>, L<axfr>, L<check_soa>, L<check_zone>, L<mresolv>, L<mx>,
L<Net::DNS>
=cut
use strict;
use File::Basename;
use Net::DNS;
my $res = Net::DNS::Resolver->new;
if (@ARGV && ($ARGV[0] =~ /^@/)) {
        my $nameserver = shift;
        $nameserver =~ s/^@//;
        $res->nameservers($nameserver);
}
die "Usage: ", basename($0), " [ \@nameserver ] name [ type [ class ] ]\n"
        unless (@ARGV >= 1) && (@ARGV <= 3);
my ($name, $type, $class) = @ARGV;
$type  ||= "A";
$class ||= "IN";
if (uc($type) eq "AXFR") {
         
        my @rrs = $res->axfr($name, $class);
         
        if (@rrs) {
                foreach my $rr (@rrs) {
                        $rr->print;
                }               
        } else {
                die "zone transfer failed: ", $res->errorstring, "\n";
        }
         
} else {
        my $answer = $res->send($name, $type, $class);
         
        if ($answer) {
                $answer->print;
        } else {
                die "query failed: ", $res->errorstring, "\n";
        }
}