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<refentry id="man.dig">

  <refentryinfo>
    <date>Jun 30, 2000</date>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>dig</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>dig</refname>
    <refpurpose>DNS lookup utility</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <docinfo>
    <copyright>
      <year>2004</year>
      <year>2005</year>
      <year>2006</year>
      <year>2007</year>
      <year>2008</year>
      <year>2009</year>
      <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
    </copyright>
    <copyright>
      <year>2000</year>
      <year>2001</year>
      <year>2002</year>
      <year>2003</year>
      <holder>Internet Software Consortium.</holder>
    </copyright>
  </docinfo>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>dig</command>
      <arg choice="opt">@server</arg>
      <arg><option>-b <replaceable class="parameter">address</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-f <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-k <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-m</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port#</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-q <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-t <replaceable class="parameter">type</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-x <replaceable class="parameter">addr</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-y <replaceable class="parameter"><optional>hmac:</optional>name:key</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-4</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-6</option></arg>
      <arg choice="opt">name</arg>
      <arg choice="opt">type</arg>
      <arg choice="opt">class</arg>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">queryopt</arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>

    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>dig</command>
      <arg><option>-h</option></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>

    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>dig</command>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">global-queryopt</arg>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">query</arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
    <para><command>dig</command>
      (domain information groper) is a flexible tool
      for interrogating DNS name servers.  It performs DNS lookups and
      displays the answers that are returned from the name server(s) that
      were queried.  Most DNS administrators use <command>dig</command> to
      troubleshoot DNS problems because of its flexibility, ease of use and
      clarity of output.  Other lookup tools tend to have less functionality
      than <command>dig</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      Although <command>dig</command> is normally used with
      command-line
      arguments, it also has a batch mode of operation for reading lookup
      requests from a file.  A brief summary of its command-line arguments
      and options is printed when the <option>-h</option> option is given.
      Unlike earlier versions, the BIND 9 implementation of
      <command>dig</command> allows multiple lookups to be issued
      from the
      command line.
    </para>

    <para>
      Unless it is told to query a specific name server,
      <command>dig</command> will try each of the servers listed
      in
      <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>.
    </para>

    <para>
      When no command line arguments or options are given,
      <command>dig</command> will perform an NS query for "." (the root).
    </para>

    <para>
      It is possible to set per-user defaults for <command>dig</command> via
      <filename>${HOME}/.digrc</filename>.  This file is read and
      any options in it
      are applied before the command line arguments.
    </para>

    <para>
      The IN and CH class names overlap with the IN and CH top level
      domains names.  Either use the <option>-t</option> and
      <option>-c</option> options to specify the type and class, 
      use the <option>-q</option> the specify the domain name, or
      use "IN." and "CH." when looking up these top level domains.
    </para>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>SIMPLE USAGE</title>

    <para>
      A typical invocation of <command>dig</command> looks like:
      <programlisting> dig @server name type </programlisting>
      where:

      <variablelist>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>server</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              is the name or IP address of the name server to query.  This can
              be an IPv4
              address in dotted-decimal notation or an IPv6
              address in colon-delimited notation.  When the supplied
              <parameter>server</parameter> argument is a
              hostname,
              <command>dig</command> resolves that name before
              querying that name
              server.  If no <parameter>server</parameter>
              argument is provided,
              <command>dig</command> consults <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>
              and queries the name servers listed there.  The reply from the
              name
              server that responds is displayed.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>name</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              is the name of the resource record that is to be looked up.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>type</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              indicates what type of query is required &mdash;
              ANY, A, MX, SIG, etc.
              <parameter>type</parameter> can be any valid query
              type.  If no
              <parameter>type</parameter> argument is supplied,
              <command>dig</command> will perform a lookup for an
              A record.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

      </variablelist>
    </para>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>OPTIONS</title>

    <para>
      The <option>-b</option> option sets the source IP address of the query
      to <parameter>address</parameter>.  This must be a valid
      address on
      one of the host's network interfaces or "0.0.0.0" or "::".  An optional
      port
      may be specified by appending "#&lt;port&gt;"
    </para>

    <para>
      The default query class (IN for internet) is overridden by the
      <option>-c</option> option.  <parameter>class</parameter> is
      any valid
      class, such as HS for Hesiod records or CH for Chaosnet records.
    </para>

    <para>
      The <option>-f</option> option makes <command>dig </command>
      operate
      in batch mode by reading a list of lookup requests to process from the
      file <parameter>filename</parameter>.  The file contains a
      number of
      queries, one per line.  Each entry in the file should be organized in
      the same way they would be presented as queries to
      <command>dig</command> using the command-line interface.
    </para>

    <para>
      The <option>-m</option> option enables memory usage debugging.
      <!-- It enables ISC_MEM_DEBUGTRACE and ISC_MEM_DEBUGRECORD
           documented in include/isc/mem.h -->
    </para>

    <para>
      If a non-standard port number is to be queried, the
      <option>-p</option> option is used.  <parameter>port#</parameter> is
      the port number that <command>dig</command> will send its
      queries
      instead of the standard DNS port number 53.  This option would be used
      to test a name server that has been configured to listen for queries
      on a non-standard port number.
    </para>

    <para>
      The <option>-4</option> option forces <command>dig</command>
      to only
      use IPv4 query transport.  The <option>-6</option> option forces
      <command>dig</command> to only use IPv6 query transport.
    </para>

    <para>
      The <option>-t</option> option sets the query type to
      <parameter>type</parameter>.  It can be any valid query type
      which is
      supported in BIND 9.  The default query type is "A", unless the
      <option>-x</option> option is supplied to indicate a reverse lookup.
      A zone transfer can be requested by specifying a type of AXFR.  When
      an incremental zone transfer (IXFR) is required,
      <parameter>type</parameter> is set to <literal>ixfr=N</literal>.
      The incremental zone transfer will contain the changes made to the zone
      since the serial number in the zone's SOA record was
      <parameter>N</parameter>.
    </para>

    <para>
      The <option>-q</option> option sets the query name to 
      <parameter>name</parameter>.  This useful do distinguish the
      <parameter>name</parameter> from other arguments.
    </para>

    <para>
      Reverse lookups &mdash; mapping addresses to names &mdash; are simplified by the
      <option>-x</option> option.  <parameter>addr</parameter> is
      an IPv4
      address in dotted-decimal notation, or a colon-delimited IPv6 address.
      When this option is used, there is no need to provide the
      <parameter>name</parameter>, <parameter>class</parameter> and
      <parameter>type</parameter> arguments.  <command>dig</command>
      automatically performs a lookup for a name like
      <literal>11.12.13.10.in-addr.arpa</literal> and sets the
      query type and
      class to PTR and IN respectively.  By default, IPv6 addresses are
      looked up using nibble format under the IP6.ARPA domain.
      To use the older RFC1886 method using the IP6.INT domain
      specify the <option>-i</option> option.  Bit string labels (RFC2874)
      are now experimental and are not attempted.
    </para>

    <para>
      To sign the DNS queries sent by <command>dig</command> and
      their
      responses using transaction signatures (TSIG), specify a TSIG key file
      using the <option>-k</option> option.  You can also specify the TSIG
      key itself on the command line using the <option>-y</option> option;
      <parameter>hmac</parameter> is the type of the TSIG, default HMAC-MD5,
      <parameter>name</parameter> is the name of the TSIG key and
      <parameter>key</parameter> is the actual key.  The key is a
      base-64
      encoded string, typically generated by
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>dnssec-keygen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>.

      Caution should be taken when using the <option>-y</option> option on
      multi-user systems as the key can be visible in the output from
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>ps</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>
      or in the shell's history file.  When
      using TSIG authentication with <command>dig</command>, the name
      server that is queried needs to know the key and algorithm that is
      being used.  In BIND, this is done by providing appropriate
      <command>key</command> and <command>server</command> statements in
      <filename>named.conf</filename>.
    </para>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>QUERY OPTIONS</title>

    <para><command>dig</command>
      provides a number of query options which affect
      the way in which lookups are made and the results displayed.  Some of
      these set or reset flag bits in the query header, some determine which
      sections of the answer get printed, and others determine the timeout
      and retry strategies.
    </para>

    <para>
      Each query option is identified by a keyword preceded by a plus sign
      (<literal>+</literal>).  Some keywords set or reset an
      option.  These may be preceded
      by the string <literal>no</literal> to negate the meaning of
      that keyword.  Other
      keywords assign values to options like the timeout interval.  They
      have the form <option>+keyword=value</option>.
      The query options are:

      <variablelist>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]tcp</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Use [do not use] TCP when querying name servers.  The default
              behavior is to use UDP unless an AXFR or IXFR query is
              requested, in
              which case a TCP connection is used.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]vc</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Use [do not use] TCP when querying name servers.  This alternate
              syntax to <parameter>+[no]tcp</parameter> is
              provided for backwards
              compatibility.  The "vc" stands for "virtual circuit".
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]ignore</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Ignore truncation in UDP responses instead of retrying with TCP.
               By
              default, TCP retries are performed.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+domain=somename</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Set the search list to contain the single domain
              <parameter>somename</parameter>, as if specified in
              a
              <command>domain</command> directive in
              <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>, and enable
              search list
              processing as if the <parameter>+search</parameter>
              option were given.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]search</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Use [do not use] the search list defined by the searchlist or
              domain
              directive in <filename>resolv.conf</filename> (if
              any).
              The search list is not used by default.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]showsearch</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Perform [do not perform] a search showing intermediate
	      results.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]defname</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Deprecated, treated as a synonym for <parameter>+[no]search</parameter>
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]aaonly</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Sets the "aa" flag in the query.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]aaflag</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              A synonym for <parameter>+[no]aaonly</parameter>.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]adflag</option></term>
	  <listitem>
	    <para>
	      Set [do not set] the AD (authentic data) bit in the
	      query.  This requests the server to return whether
	      all of the answer and authority sections have all
	      been validated as secure according to the security
	      policy of the server.  AD=1 indicates that all records
	      have been validated as secure and the answer is not
	      from a OPT-OUT range.  AD=0 indicate that some part
	      of the answer was insecure or not validated.
	    </para>
	  </listitem>
	</varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]cdflag</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Set [do not set] the CD (checking disabled) bit in the query.
              This
              requests the server to not perform DNSSEC validation of
              responses.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]cl</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Display [do not display] the CLASS when printing the record.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]ttlid</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Display [do not display] the TTL when printing the record.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]recurse</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Toggle the setting of the RD (recursion desired) bit in the
              query.
              This bit is set by default, which means <command>dig</command>
              normally sends recursive queries.  Recursion is automatically
              disabled
              when the <parameter>+nssearch</parameter> or
              <parameter>+trace</parameter> query options are
              used.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]nssearch</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              When this option is set, <command>dig</command>
              attempts to find the
              authoritative name servers for the zone containing the name
              being
              looked up and display the SOA record that each name server has
              for the
              zone.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]trace</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Toggle tracing of the delegation path from the root name servers
              for
              the name being looked up.  Tracing is disabled by default.  When
              tracing is enabled, <command>dig</command> makes
              iterative queries to
              resolve the name being looked up.  It will follow referrals from
              the
              root servers, showing the answer from each server that was used
              to
              resolve the lookup.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]cmd</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Toggles the printing of the initial comment in the output
              identifying
              the version of <command>dig</command> and the query
              options that have
              been applied.  This comment is printed by default.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]short</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Provide a terse answer.  The default is to print the answer in a
              verbose form.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]identify</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Show [or do not show] the IP address and port number that
              supplied the
              answer when the <parameter>+short</parameter> option
              is enabled.  If
              short form answers are requested, the default is not to show the
              source address and port number of the server that provided the
              answer.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]comments</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Toggle the display of comment lines in the output.  The default
              is to
              print comments.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]stats</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              This query option toggles the printing of statistics: when the
              query
              was made, the size of the reply and so on.  The default
              behavior is
              to print the query statistics.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]qr</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Print [do not print] the query as it is sent.
              By default, the query is not printed.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]question</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Print [do not print] the question section of a query when an
              answer is
              returned.  The default is to print the question section as a
              comment.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]answer</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Display [do not display] the answer section of a reply.  The
              default
              is to display it.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]authority</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Display [do not display] the authority section of a reply.  The
              default is to display it.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]additional</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Display [do not display] the additional section of a reply.
              The default is to display it.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]all</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Set or clear all display flags.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+time=T</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>

              Sets the timeout for a query to
              <parameter>T</parameter> seconds.  The default
	      timeout is 5 seconds.
              An attempt to set <parameter>T</parameter> to less
              than 1 will result
              in a query timeout of 1 second being applied.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+tries=T</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Sets the number of times to try UDP queries to server to
              <parameter>T</parameter> instead of the default, 3.
              If
              <parameter>T</parameter> is less than or equal to
              zero, the number of
              tries is silently rounded up to 1.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+retry=T</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Sets the number of times to retry UDP queries to server to
              <parameter>T</parameter> instead of the default, 2.
              Unlike
              <parameter>+tries</parameter>, this does not include
              the initial
              query.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+ndots=D</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Set the number of dots that have to appear in
              <parameter>name</parameter> to <parameter>D</parameter> for it to be
              considered absolute.  The default value is that defined using
              the
              ndots statement in <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>, or 1 if no
              ndots statement is present.  Names with fewer dots are
              interpreted as
              relative names and will be searched for in the domains listed in
              the
              <option>search</option> or <option>domain</option> directive in
              <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+bufsize=B</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Set the UDP message buffer size advertised using EDNS0 to
              <parameter>B</parameter> bytes.  The maximum and minimum sizes
	      of this buffer are 65535 and 0 respectively.  Values outside
	      this range are rounded up or down appropriately.  
	      Values other than zero will cause a EDNS query to be sent.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
	  <term><option>+edns=#</option></term>
	  <listitem>
	    <para>
	       Specify the EDNS version to query with.  Valid values
	       are 0 to 255.  Setting the EDNS version will cause a
	       EDNS query to be sent.  <option>+noedns</option> clears the
	       remembered EDNS version.
	    </para>
	  </listitem>
	</varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]multiline</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Print records like the SOA records in a verbose multi-line
              format with human-readable comments.  The default is to print
              each record on a single line, to facilitate machine parsing
              of the <command>dig</command> output.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]fail</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Do not try the next server if you receive a SERVFAIL.  The
              default is
              to not try the next server which is the reverse of normal stub
              resolver
              behavior.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]besteffort</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Attempt to display the contents of messages which are malformed.
              The default is to not display malformed answers.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]dnssec</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Requests DNSSEC records be sent by setting the DNSSEC OK bit
              (DO)
              in the OPT record in the additional section of the query.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]sigchase</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Chase DNSSEC signature chains.  Requires dig be compiled with
              -DDIG_SIGCHASE.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+trusted-key=####</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Specifies a file containing trusted keys to be used with
	      <option>+sigchase</option>.  Each DNSKEY record must be
	      on its own line.
            </para>
	    <para>
	      If not specified, <command>dig</command> will look for
	      <filename>/etc/trusted-key.key</filename> then
	      <filename>trusted-key.key</filename> in the current directory.
	    </para>
	    <para>
              Requires dig be compiled with -DDIG_SIGCHASE.
	    </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]topdown</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              When chasing DNSSEC signature chains perform a top-down
              validation.
              Requires dig be compiled with -DDIG_SIGCHASE.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>+[no]nsid</option></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Include an EDNS name server ID request when sending a query.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>


      </variablelist>

    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>MULTIPLE QUERIES</title>

    <para>
      The BIND 9 implementation of <command>dig </command>
      supports
      specifying multiple queries on the command line (in addition to
      supporting the <option>-f</option> batch file option).  Each of those
      queries can be supplied with its own set of flags, options and query
      options.
    </para>

    <para>
      In this case, each <parameter>query</parameter> argument
      represent an
      individual query in the command-line syntax described above.  Each
      consists of any of the standard options and flags, the name to be
      looked up, an optional query type and class and any query options that
      should be applied to that query.
    </para>

    <para>
      A global set of query options, which should be applied to all queries,
      can also be supplied.  These global query options must precede the
      first tuple of name, class, type, options, flags, and query options
      supplied on the command line.  Any global query options (except
      the <option>+[no]cmd</option> option) can be
      overridden by a query-specific set of query options.  For example:
      <programlisting>
dig +qr www.isc.org any -x 127.0.0.1 isc.org ns +noqr
</programlisting>
      shows how <command>dig</command> could be used from the
      command line
      to make three lookups: an ANY query for <literal>www.isc.org</literal>, a
      reverse lookup of 127.0.0.1 and a query for the NS records of
      <literal>isc.org</literal>.

      A global query option of <parameter>+qr</parameter> is
      applied, so
      that <command>dig</command> shows the initial query it made
      for each
      lookup.  The final query has a local query option of
      <parameter>+noqr</parameter> which means that <command>dig</command>
      will not print the initial query when it looks up the NS records for
      <literal>isc.org</literal>.
    </para>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>IDN SUPPORT</title>
    <para>
      If <command>dig</command> has been built with IDN (internationalized
      domain name) support, it can accept and display non-ASCII domain names.
      <command>dig</command> appropriately converts character encoding of
      domain name before sending a request to DNS server or displaying a
      reply from the server.
      If you'd like to turn off the IDN support for some reason, defines
      the <envar>IDN_DISABLE</envar> environment variable.
      The IDN support is disabled if the variable is set when 
      <command>dig</command> runs.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>FILES</title>
    <para><filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>
    </para>
    <para><filename>${HOME}/.digrc</filename>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
    <para><citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>host</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>named</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>dnssec-keygen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citetitle>RFC1035</citetitle>.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>BUGS</title>
    <para>
      There are probably too many query options.
    </para>
  </refsect1>
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