<term>-i</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Do reverse IPv6 lookups using the obsolete RFC1886 IP6.INT
+ Do reverse IPv6 lookups using the obsolete RFC 1886 IP6.INT
domain, which is no longer in use. Obsolete bit string
- label queries (RFC2874) are not attempted.
+ label queries (RFC 2874) are not attempted.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term>-t <replaceable class="parameter">type</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The resource record type to query. 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
+ The resource record type to query. It can be any valid query
+ type. If it is a resource record type supported in BIND 9, it
+ can be given by the type mnemonic (such as "NS" or "AAAA").
+ 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, set the
<parameter>type</parameter> to <literal>ixfr=N</literal>.
The incremental zone transfer will contain the changes
record was
<parameter>N</parameter>.
</para>
+ <para>
+ All resource record types can be expressed as "TYPEnn", where
+ "nn" is the number of the type. If the resource record type is
+ not supported in BIND 9, the result will be displayed as
+ described in RFC 3597.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<listitem>
<para>
This feature is now obsolete and has been removed;
- use <command>delv</command> instead.
+ use <command>delv</command> instead.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<listitem>
<para>
This feature is related to <command>dig +sigchase</command>,
- which is obsolete and has been removed. Use
- <command>delv</command> instead.
+ which is obsolete and has been removed. Use
+ <command>delv</command> instead.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<listitem>
<para>
Formerly specified trusted keys for use with
- <command>dig +sigchase</command>. This feature is now
- obsolete and has been removed; use
- <command>delv</command> instead.
+ <command>dig +sigchase</command>. This feature is now
+ obsolete and has been removed; use
+ <command>delv</command> instead.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>dnssec-keygen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
- <citetitle>RFC1035</citetitle>.
+ <citetitle>RFC 1035</citetitle>.
</para>
</refsection>