dnsqrx

## Name

dnsqrx — query a proxy DNS server using the DNS protocol

## Synopsis

`dnsqrx` {`t`} {`fqdn`} {`s`}

## Description

dnsqrx looks up resource records of type `t` for `fqdn` by making a Domain Name System request to a proxy DNS server at `s`. It prints the results in a human-readable format, more compact than the dig(1) output format.

It expects to query a proxy DNS server, and the request is marked as recursive. `t` may be a name or a number. Currently recognized names are: `any`, `a`, `ns`, `mx`, `ptr`, `txt`, `cname`, `soa`, `hinfo`, `rp`, `sig`, `key`, `aaaa`, `axfr`, and `srv`.

## See also

dnsqr(1)

  a similar tool that makes requests to the locally configured proxy DNS server

dnsq(1)

  a similar tool that makes requests to content DNS servers

tinydns-get(1)

  a tool that makes direct queries against a content DNS server's database

## History

dnsqrx was an addition to Daniel J. Bernstein's djbdns toolset by Jonathan de Boyne Pollard.

## Author

Original code and documentation by Jonathan de Boyne Pollard.