Query time in dig output in relation to retries

[Barry Margolin]

In article <dr8fcf$1g65$1 at sf1.isc.org>, markpors at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I can't find any information about the meaning of the query time in the
> output of dig, in relation to the number of retries. Is this the total
> query time of all retries together, or just of the last try?

It's the total.

It should be pretty easy for you to confirm this, simply by running 
tcpdump while you dig.  You'll see the times of all the retries, and it 
should be obvious whether the time reported is just the last try or the 
combination.

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