@XFER_INDOT_U@NAMED-XFER(@SYS_OPS_EXT_U@)L_INDOT_U@NAMED-XFER(@SYS_OPS_EXT_U@)

NAME
     @XFER_INDOT@named-xfer - ancillary agent for inbound zone transfers

SYNOPSIS
     named-xfer -z ________________ -f _______ -s _________ [-d __________]
                [-l ______________] [-i _________] [-t __________] [-p _____]
                [-S] __________ [[axfr] | [ixfr]]

DESCRIPTION
     Named-xfer is an ancillary program executed by @IN-
     DOT@named(@SYS_OPS_EXT@) to perform an inbound zone transfer.  It is
     rarely executed directly, and then only by system administrators who are
     trying to debug a zone transfer problem.  See RFC's 1033, 1034, and 1035
     for more information on the Internet name-domain system.

     Options are:

     -z ________________
                 specifies the name of the zone to be transferred.

     -f _______  specifies the name of the _______ into which the zone should
                 be dumped when it is received from the primary server.

     -s _________
                 specifies the serial number of our current copy of this zone.
                 If the SOA RR we get from the primary server does not have a
                 serial number higher than this, the transfer will be aborted.

     -d __________
                 Print debugging information.  The __________ is a number de-
                 termines the level of messages printed.

     -l ______________
                 Specifies a log file for debugging messages.  The default is
                 system- dependent but is usually in ________ or ________.
                 Note that this only applies if ``-d'' is also specified.

     -i _________
                 Specifies the name of the _________ into which the zone
                 changes from Incremental Zone Transfer (IXFR) should be
                 dumped when it is received from the primary server.

     -t __________
                 Specifies a __________ which will contain a protocol trace of
                 the zone transfer.  This is probably only of interest to peo-
                 ple debugging the name server itself.

     -p _____    Use a different port number.  The default is the standard
                 port number as returned by getservbyname(@LIB_NETWORK_EXT@)
                 for the service ``domain''.

     -S          Perform a restricted transfer of only the SOA, NS records and
                 glue A records for the zone. The SOA record will not be load-
                 ed by @INDOT@named(@SYS_OPS_EXT@) but will be used to deter-
                 mine when to verify the NS records.  See the ``stubs'' direc-
                 tive in @INDOT@named(@SYS_OPS_EXT@) for more information.

     Additional arguments are taken as name server addresses in so-called
     ``dotted-quad'' syntax _____ no host name are allowed here.  At least one
     address must be specified.  Any additional addresses will be tried, in
     order, if the first one fails to transfer to us successfully.  The axfr
     or ixfr after name server address designates the type of zone transfer to
     perform.  Use axfr for a full zone transfer or ixfr for an incremental
     zone transfer.

SEE ALSO
     hostname(@DESC_EXT@),  @INDOT@named(@SYS_OPS_EXT@),
     resolver(@LIB_NETWORK_EXT@),  resolver(@FORMAT_EXT@),  RFC 882, RFC 883,
     RFC 973, RFC 974, RFC 1033, RFC 1034, RFC 1035, RFC 1123, RFC 1995 ``Name
     Server Operations Guide for BIND''.

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