dt-getaddr(1)

dt-getaddr1

Command-line test program for the val_getaddrinfo() function

Usage

dt-getaddr {[options] <hostname | IPv4 address | IPv6 address>}

Overview

This utility is a command-line wrapper around the val_getaddrinfo() function. It invokes the val_getaddrinfo() operation for the given command-line arguments and displays the return code from the function and the contents of the addrinfo structure.

The exit status for this program is 1 if the answer received is trusted, 2 if the answer received is validated, and -1 for an error. If no validation is performed, or the result is neither trusted nor validated, a value of 0 is returned. The trusted and validated status values are obtained using the val_istrusted() and val_isvalidated() functions from libval(3).

Options

-c, --canonname

Use the AI_CANONNAME flag in val_getaddrinfo().

-s, --service=PORT|SERVICE

Use the specified transport-layer port or service name.

-o, --output=<debug-level>:<dest-type>[:<dest-options>]

<debug-level> is 1-7, corresponding to syslog levels ALERT-DEBUG <dest-type> is one of file, net, syslog, stderr, stdout <dest-options> depends on <dest-type>
file:<file-name> (opened in append mode)
net[:<host-name>:<host-port>] (127.0.0.1:1053
syslog[:facility] (0-23 (default 1 USER))

-h, --help

Display the help and exit.

Pre-requisites

libval

Releases

2 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 8
  2. Arch

Authors

Abhijit Hayatnagarkar, Suresh Krishnaswamy, Robert Story

From dnssec-tools 2.2.3-16 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.