semi-colon ";" in rdata for TXT records

[Jack Tavares]

Hello all -
 
I am having a small problem.
 
Given these 2 TXT records in a zone file
isescaped                       TXT     "escaped semi-colon\;"
unescaped                       TXT     "unescaped semi-colon;"
(one has an escaped semi-colon, one has an UNescaped semi-colon)
 
dig returns
 
isescaped.test.net.     500     IN      TXT     "escaped semi-colon\;"
unescaped.test.net.     500     IN      TXT     "unescaped semi-colon\;"

dig makes sure that the semi-colon is escaped for output purposes.
 
Now I have another tool, written in C/C++ that calls ns_sprintrr (from
libbind.a)
This does include the "\" before the semi-colon on EITHER TXT record
 
I have 2 questions:
 
1. is the "\" (slash) included in the wire format or is it stripped out?
 
2. what routine is dig using to print the record?
 
Thanks
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