Re: dig and related

From: Paul Khavkine (paul@inet-interactive.com)
Date: Tue Dec 12 2000 - 11:45:18 EST


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That's not enough because that will only show you if a zone file
for that domain exists and have been properly delegeated.
If the domain has been registered buy the name servers sdont have
a properly setup zone, you wont get the ;; ANSWER SECTION
in the reply.

Cheers
Paul

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On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Sergei Kolodka wrote:

> Hi guys.
>
> Need to write interface to dig to automagically
> check availability of domain (the best way to do that
> in our zone), so question
>
> if i trying $dig anything.com.ua any
> and receive in answer string ";; ANSWER SECTION:"
>
> is this enough to be sure that domain registered ?
> I want to know is possible to receive such phrase if domain
> not registered and vice-versa, do not receive if registered ?
>
> Or maybe someone know other way how script can differ responses
> from dig ?
>
> Big Thanks for all responses.
>
>
> Regards
> Sergei Kolodka
> Sergei@Kolodka.com
> sergei@ukrname.com
>
>
>

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