@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ using the command\-line interface\&.
.PP
\-i
.RS 4
Do reverse IPv6 lookups using the obsolete RFC1886 IP6\&.INT domain, which is no longer in use\&. Obsolete bit string label queries (RFC2874) are not attempted\&.
Do reverse IPv6 lookups using the obsolete RFC1886 IP6\&.INT domain, which is no longer in use\&. Obsolete bit string label queries (RFC2874) are not attempted\&.
.RE
.PP
\-k \fIkeyfile\fR
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@@ -210,13 +210,15 @@ from other arguments\&.
.PP
\-t \fItype\fR
.RS 4
The resource record type to query\&. It can be any valid query type which is supported in BIND 9\&. The default query type is "A", unless the
The resource record type to query\&. It can be any valid query type\&. If it is a resource record type supported in BIND 9, it can be given by the type mnemonic (such as "NS" or "AAAA")\&. The default query type is "A", unless the
\fB\-x\fR
option is supplied to indicate a reverse lookup\&. A zone transfer can be requested by specifying a type of AXFR\&. When an incremental zone transfer (IXFR) is required, set the
\fItype\fR
to
ixfr=N\&. The incremental zone transfer will contain the changes made to the zone since the serial number in the zone\*(Aqs SOA record was
\fIN\fR\&.
.sp
All resource record types can be expressed as "TYPEnn", where "nn" is the number of the type\&. If the resource record type is not supported in BIND 9, the result will be displayed as described in RFC 3597\&.
.RE
.PP
\-u
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@@ -464,6 +466,11 @@ Show [or do not show] the IP address and port number that supplied the answer wh
option is enabled\&. If short form answers are requested, the default is not to show the source address and port number of the server that provided the answer\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB+[no]idnin\fR
.RS 4
Process [do not process] IDN domain names on input\&. This requires IDN SUPPORT to have been enabled at compile time\&. The default is to process IDN input\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB+[no]idnout\fR
.RS 4
Convert [do not convert] puny code on output\&. This requires IDN SUPPORT to have been enabled at compile time\&. The default is to convert output\&.
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@@ -525,7 +532,7 @@ Include an EDNS name server ID request when sending a query\&.
.RS 4
When this option is set,
\fBdig\fR
attempts to find the authoritative name servers for the zone containing the name being looked up and display the SOA record that each name server has for the zone\&.
attempts to find the authoritative name servers for the zone containing the name being looked up and display the SOA record that each name server has for the zone\&. Addresses of servers that that did not respond are also printed\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB+[no]onesoa\fR
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@@ -557,6 +564,11 @@ Print [do not print] the query as it is sent\&. By default, the query is not pri
Print [do not print] the question section of a query when an answer is returned\&. The default is to print the question section as a comment\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB+[no]raflag\fR
.RS 4
Set [do not set] the RA (Recursion Available) bit in the query\&. The default is +noraflag\&. This bit should be ignored by the server for QUERY\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB+[no]rdflag\fR
.RS 4
A synonym for
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@@ -646,6 +658,11 @@ for short, sends an EDNS CLIENT\-SUBNET option with an empty address and a sourc
be used when resolving this query\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB+[no]tcflag\fR
.RS 4
Set [do not set] the TC (TrunCation) bit in the query\&. The default is +notcflag\&. This bit should be ignored by the server for QUERY\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB+[no]tcp\fR
.RS 4
Use [do not use] TCP when querying name servers\&. The default behavior is to use UDP unless a type
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@@ -775,11 +792,10 @@ If
\fBdig\fR
has been built with IDN (internationalized domain name) support, it can accept and display non\-ASCII domain names\&.
\fBdig\fR
appropriately converts character encoding of domain name before sending a request to DNS server or displaying a reply from the server\&. If you\*(Aqd like to turn off the IDN support for some reason, defines the
\fBIDN_DISABLE\fR
environment variable\&. The IDN support is disabled if the variable is set when
\fBdig\fR
runs\&.
appropriately converts character encoding of domain name before sending a request to DNS server or displaying a reply from the server\&. If you\*(Aqd like to turn off the IDN support for some reason, use parameters
