.TH "nsd\-patch" "8" "Jan  6, 2010" "NLnet Labs" "nsd 3.2.4"
.\" Copyright (c) 2001\-2008, NLnet Labs. All rights reserved.
.\" See LICENSE for the license.
.SH "NAME"
.LP
.B nsd\-patch
\- NSD zone patcher version 3.2.4.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B nsd\-patch
.RB [ \-c
.IR configfile ]
.RB [ \-f ]
.RB [ \-h ]
.RB [ \-l ]
.RB [ \-o
.IR dbfile ]
.RB [ \-s ]
.RB [ \-x
.IR difffile ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.LP
.B Nsd\-patch
is the zone patcher for nsd(8). It reads in the nsd database 
(nsd.db) and difffile (ixfr.db), and overwrites the zone text files 
if they have been updated. Running this regularly ensures that the 
difffile does not grow infinitely.
.SH "OPTIONS" 
.TP
.B \-c\fI configfile
Read specified configfile instead of the default
.IR /etc/nsd/nsd.conf .
.TP
.B \-f
Forces writing zone files. Also zones that have not changed are written
back to their zone files.
.TP
.B \-h
Print usage help information and exit.
.TP
.B \-l
List the journal entries from the difffile. Does not write to zone files.
.TP
.B \-o\fI dbfile
Store the output directly to dbfile.
.TP
.B \-s
Skip writing zone files. No zones are written back to their zone files.
.TP
.B \-x\fI difffile
Read specified difffile. Overrides the config file setting.
.SH "FILES"
.TP
/var/db/nsd/nsd.db
default
.B NSD
database
.TP
/etc/nsd/nsd.conf
default
.B NSD
configuration file
.SH "SEE ALSO"
nsd(8), nsdc(8), nsd.conf(5), nsd-checkconf(8), nsd-notify(8), 
nsd-xfer(8), zonec(8)
.SH "AUTHORS"
.LP
.B NSD
was written by NLnet Labs and RIPE NCC joint team. Please see
CREDITS file in the distribution for further details.