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ndc — Name daemon control service for name servers. If a command isn't provided, NDC will prompt for one u

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Problem

How to use the ndc command: Name daemon control service for name servers. If a command isn't provided, NDC will prompt for one until EOF. More information: <https://manned.org/ndc>.

Solution

ndc — Name daemon control service for name servers. If a command isn't provided, NDC will prompt for one until EOF. More information: <https://manned.org/ndc>.

Set the [c]ontrol channel rendezvous point:

ndc -c {{channel}} {{command}}

Bind the client side to a specific [l]ocalsock address:

ndc -l {{localsock}} {{command}}

Set path to [p]idfile for UNIX signal control:

ndc -p {{path/to/pidfile}} {{command}}

Enable [d]ebugging:

ndc -d {{command}}

Enable [q]uiet mode:

ndc -q {{command}}

Enable nonfatal error [s]uppression:

ndc -s {{command}}

Enable [t]racing for protocol and system debugging:

ndc -t {{command}}

List built-in commands:

ndc /help

Code Snippets

Set the [c]ontrol channel rendezvous point

ndc -c {{channel}} {{command}}

Bind the client side to a specific [l]ocalsock address

ndc -l {{localsock}} {{command}}

Set path to [p]idfile for UNIX signal control

ndc -p {{path/to/pidfile}} {{command}}

Enable [d]ebugging

ndc -d {{command}}

Enable [q]uiet mode

ndc -q {{command}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/ndc

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