Document return codes of dig

The dig tool reports some states as exit status. Document them briefly
in the manual page.

(cherry picked from commit f20cc30a6a)
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Petr Menšík
2019-11-18 22:19:21 +01:00
committed by Evan Hunt
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@@ -615,6 +615,26 @@ To turn off IDN support, use the parameters
``+noidnin`` and ``+noidnout``, or define the ``IDN_DISABLE`` environment
variable.
Return Codes
~~~~~~~~~~~~
``dig`` return codes are:
``0``
DNS response received, including NXDOMAIN status
``1``
Usage error
``8``
Couldn't open batch file
``9``
No reply from server
``10``
Internal error
Files
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@@ -629,6 +629,26 @@ a request to a DNS server or displaying a reply from the server.
To turn off IDN support, use the parameters
\fB+noidnin\fP and \fB+noidnout\fP, or define the \fBIDN_DISABLE\fP environment
variable.
.SH RETURN CODES
.sp
\fBdig\fP return codes are:
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \fB0\fP
DNS response received, including NXDOMAIN status
.TP
.B \fB1\fP
Usage error
.TP
.B \fB8\fP
Couldn\(aqt open batch file
.TP
.B \fB9\fP
No reply from server
.TP
.B \fB10\fP
Internal error
.UNINDENT
.SH FILES
.sp
\fB/etc/resolv.conf\fP