Re: way to clean up db files

Great, thanks for the information. :)

At 08:28 PM 7/13/2004, Justin Randall wrote:
>Using $GENERATE will also work for A records, however the proper notation
>would be as such:
>
>
>$GENERATE 37-62 unused-10-168-24-$ A 10.168.24.$
>
>This is what I used for my unused private IP space. Forward queries
>behave perfectly normal.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>>From: Vinny Abello <vinny@tellurian.com>
>>To: "Sebastian Castro Avila" <secastro@nic.cl>
>>CC: gopher2@sdf.lonestar.org, bind-users@isc.org, secastro@nic.cl
>>Subject: Re: way to clean up db files
>>Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:49:44 -0400
>>
>>At 02:57 PM 7/13/2004, Sebastian Castro Avila wrote:
>> >On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:46:06 +0000 (UTC), <gopher2@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > > my db files i have 30 lines like this
>> > >
>> > > vpn_client1 A 192.168.5.225
>> > > vpn_client2 A 192.168.5.226
>> > > vpn_client3 A 192.168.5.227
>> > > vpn_client4 A 192.168.5.228
>> > > ......
>> > > vpn_client30 A 192.168.5.254
>> > >
>> >
>> >Using GENERATE directive
>> >
>> >You should use something like
>> >
>> >$GENERATE 1-30 vpn_client$ A 192.168.5.${224}
>>
>>Just commenting on this, but I remember reading that the $GENERATE
>>statement is only valid for PTR records. Has this changed or has this not
>>been the case? I think I read this in the O'Reilly DNS and BIND 4th Edition
>>book but I'm not positive. I'm very interested to know if this works as I
>>have not used it for that reason in forward zones.
>>
>> > > also my reverse lookup is the same
>> > >
>> >
>> >Here use
>> >
>> >$GENERATE 225-254 $ PTR vpn_cliente${-224}.example.org.
>> >
>> >
>> > > 225 PTR vpnclient1.example.org.
>> > > 226 PTR vpnclient2.example.org.
>> > > 227 PTR vpnclient3.example.org.
>> > > ....
>> > > 254 PTR vpnclient30.example.org.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > is there any way i can do this on just one line
>> > > i think i seen it before but not sure
>> > > thanks
>> > >
>> >
>> >Good luck!
>> >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > gopher2@sdf.lonestar.org
>> > > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Sebastian E. Castro Avila sebastian@nic.cl
>> >Administrador de DNS, NIC Chile
>> >Fono: (2) 9407705 Fax : (2) 9407701
>>
>>
>>Vinny Abello
>>Network Engineer
>>Server Management
>>vinny@tellurian.com
>>(973)300-9211 x 125
>>(973)940-6125 (Direct)
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>>
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>>
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