Hi there all, I manually use nsupdate to make some changes to some of my zones - most recently I had to add a bunch of reverse DNS records. These are all very similar - the first octet changes, and then the target name changes. Unfortuniatly nsupdate doesn't support readline, and so the obvious "press up arrow, edit previous line, press enter" doesn't work, and so I end up entering one line, copying that into an editor, making changes, pasting, making changes, etc.
I just stumbled across this -- https://dnsworkshop.de/nsupdate-history.html by Carsten Strotmann Basically, uses rlwrap to wrap readline support into nsupdate - you just call `rlwrap nsupdate` and magically nsupdate now supports editing. 'tis a simple trick, but removes much annoyance. W [0]: Yes, I know I could rndc sync, rndc freeze, edit, rndc thaw, etc -- but this is easier! -- I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad idea in the first place. This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair of pants. ---maf _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
