KJOURNALPRINT(8)

NAME
kjournalprint - Knot DNS journal print utility

SYNOPSIS

kjournalprint [config_option] [options] zone_name

kjournalprint [config_option] -z

DESCRIPTION

The program prints zone history stored in a journal database. As default, changes are colored for terminal.

  Parameters

    zone_name
        A name of the zone to print the history for.

  Config options

    -c, --config file
        Use a textual configuration file (default is /usr/local/etc/knot/knot.conf).

    -C, --confdb directory
        Use a binary configuration database directory (default is /usr/local/var/lib/knot/confdb). The default configuration database, if exists, has a preference to the default configuration file.

    -D, --dir path
        Use specified journal database path and default configuration.

  Options

    -z, --zone-list
        Instead of reading the journal, display the list of zones in the DB.

    -l, --limit limit
        Limits the number of displayed changes.

    -s, --serial soa
        Start at a specific SOA serial.

    -M, --merge
        Print the changesets merged into one changeset. If zone-in-journal is present, the stored contents with all the changesets applied will be printed.

    -H, --check
        Enable additional journal semantic checks during printing.

    -d, --debug
        Debug mode brief output.

    -x, --mono
        Don't generate colorized output.

    -X, --color
        Force colorized output.

    -h, --help
        Print the program help.

    -V, --version
        Print the program version. The option -VV makes the program print the compile time configuration summary.

EXIT VALUES

Exit status of 0 means successful operation. Any other exit status indicates an error.

EXAMPLES

Last (most recent) 5 changes without colors:

        $ kjournalprint -xl 5 /var/lib/knot/journal example.com.

SEE ALSO

knotd(8), knot.conf(5).

AUTHOR
CZ.NIC Labs <https://www.knot-dns.cz>

COPYRIGHT
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