Bind-8 directory usage
Kenneth W Cochran
kwc at world.std.com
Tue May 23 15:38:11 UTC 2000
>From barmar at gtei.net Tue May 23 11:27:46 2000
>Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 15:25:03 GMT
>Subject: Re: Bind-8 directory usage
>
> Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 11:08:15 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc at world.std.com>
>
> Also, IIRC, the named documentation & books do not make it clear
> that (well, at least to me :) the "directory" option only means
> "default directory" & that explicit paths can be specified on
> the zone stanzas. Perhaps I did not dig deep enough, though...
>
>P.455 of DNS & BIND, 3rd Edition:
>directory
>Function: Changes the current working directory
Checking again... Ah... Re-checking reference to Ch 4, p.71...
>That's all it does. Filenames are just interpreted normally by
>the system; I'm not sure where you got the impression that they
>were treated so specially that absolute paths couldn't be specified.
Perhaps because there can be only one, by "inclusion" with options?
I guess I was/am looking for "confirmation" of this behavior,
rather than relying on hacks and/or not-so-documented features... :)
Thanks!
-kc
>--
>Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
>Genuity, Burlington, MA
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