On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Matthew King wrote: > > Dig can easily look up any type of DNS record with the simple form: > > $ dig fqdn rr > > Moreover, when the fqdn is actually a CNAME, it will helpfully look up the rr > of the alias to which the CNAME points.
No, dig just prints the reply from the server. It is the server which recurses on the CNAME. Also CNAMEs point to canonical names. It is the owner of the CNAME which is the alias. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND: NORTH BACKING WEST OR NORTHWEST, 5 TO 7, DECREASING 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 LATER IN HUMBER AND THAMES. MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN THEN FAIR. GOOD.
