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NAME
       ixplore - A tool that provides insights into IXFRs

SYNOPSIS
       ixplore COMMAND COMMAND_OPT...

       ixplore diff ZONE BEFORE AFTER

       ixplore track IP ADDRESS PORT ZONE DIRECTORY

DESCRIPTION
       ixplore is a tool to work with IXFR (incremental zonetransfers) in two
       modes (specified by COMMAND): diff or track.

       In the 'diff' mode, it will show a diff(1)-like output between BEFORE
       and AFTER.

       In the 'track' mode, ixplore consumes IXFRs from IP ADDRESS and writes
       the resulting zonefiles out to DIRECTORY/ZONE-serial. If no initial
       zonefiles exist, an initial AXFR will be done first. ixplore will then
       check the SOA serial on IP ADDRESS for ZONE every SOA Refresh seconds
       and perform an IXFR if the serial has increased.

OPTIONS
DIFF-MODE

       ZONE   The name of the zone the IXFRs are consumed from.

       BEFORE Path to the 'before' zonefile.

       AFYER  Path to the 'after' zonefile.

TRACK-MODE

       IP ADDRESS
              The IP address to consume IXFRs from.

       PORT   The port to use on IP ADDRESS.

       ZONE   Name of the zone to track changes of.

       DIRECTORY
              Directory where the zonefiles will be stored.

SEE ALSO
       diff(1)

AUTHOR
       PowerDNS.COM BV

COPYRIGHT
       PowerDNS.COM BV

                                March 15, 2024                      IXPLORE(1)