NDBTOZONE(8)                                         NDBTOZONE(8)

     NAME
          tozone - convert ndb database to a zone file

     SYNOPSIS
          ndb/tozone [ -dg ] [ -f dbfile ] [ zone... ]

     DESCRIPTION
          Convert a network database file to a zone file for bind
          interoperability.  Standard name compression is applied and
          glue for subordinate zones is automaticly generated.  (Glue
          may be supressed with -g).  Each soa in the input file
          (default /lib/ndb/local) is converted into a zone.  Reverse
          zones (including classless RFC2317-style zones) are automat-
          icly generated given an soa record.  The databases may be
          specified with the -f flag.  Arguments limit the zones gen-
          erated to the specified zones.

     FILES
          /lib/ndb/local     default datbase

     SOURCE
          /sys/src/cmd/ndb/tozone.c

     SEE ALSO
          ndb(2), ndb(6), ndb(8), /lib/rfc/rfc2672

     BUGS
          Ndb's structure makes it difficult to be precise about which
          records belong to which zones.  In contrast to a `/' in a
          path, a `.' in a dns name is not always a zone boundary.
          Zones are greedy; a single soa with a dom of `.' would
          include all names.

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