10.4;named-xfer, revision 1.0, 92/01/27
named-xfer - named zone transfer utility
usage: named-xfer -z zone_to_transfer -f db_file [-s serial#] [-d debug_level]
[-l debug_log_file] [-t trace_file] [-p port#] servers...



DESCRIPTION
     named-xfer is a zone-transfer utility that allows the network
     administrator to manually control the transfer of naming information
     between primary and secondary name servers in a particular zone of
     authority. Normally, zone transfers occur automatically, always from the
     primary server to a secondary server, at intervals determined by the
     ``refresh'' parameter in the Start of Authority (SOA) record.  Under the
     manual control of named-xfer, the zone transfer can occur at any time,
     either from the primary server to the secondary or from the secondary
     server to the primary.

     The following options are available:

     -z zone_to_transfer
                    Specify the zone to be transfered.  This option is
                    required.

     -f  db_file    Specify the filename where the transfered zone is to be
                    stored.  This option is required.

     -s  serial#    Set the serial number in the SOA record to a decimal
                    number (default 1.1).  The name server cannot handle
                    numbers over 9999 after the decimal point.

     -d debug_level Print debugging information.  The number after the "d"
                    determines the level of messages printed, as follows: 0
                    (default) generates no debugging information; 1, 2, 3, and
                    10 open a debugging log file and print increasing levels
                    of debugging information to it. Levels greater or equal to
                    3 print the same name-query information to the debugging
                    file as is printed to the trace file, plus more.

     -l  debug_log_file
                    Specify the file name of the debugging log; the ID of the
                    named-xfer process is appended to the filename. If not
                    specified, the default is /usr/tmp/xfer.ddt.XXXXXX, where
                    XXXXXX is the ID of the named-xfer process.

     -t trace_file  Print name-query information. If the debugging level is
                    set to 3 or greater, the degugging log file contains the
                    same information as the trace file, plus more.

     -p port#       Specify a port number.  The default is the standard port
                    number for the name server, as shown in /etc/services.

     servers        Specify the primary or secondary name servers whose
                    databases are to be transfered. This required argument
                    must be the last entry on the command line because command
                    parsing does not go beyond it.

SEE ALSO
     named;
     Configuring and Managing TCP/IP;
     RFC1033, RFC1034, RFC1035;
     Name Server Operations Guide for BIND.