kjournalprint(8)
| KJOURNALPRINT(8) | Knot DNS | KJOURNALPRINT(8) |
NAME
kjournalprint - Knot DNS journal print utility
SYNOPSIS
kjournalprint [config_option] [options] zone_name
kjournalprint [config_option] -z
DESCRIPTION
The program prints zone history stored in a journal database. As default, changes are colored for terminal.
Parameters
- zone_name
- A name of the zone to print the history for.
Config options
- -c, --config file
- Use a textual configuration file (default is /etc/knot/knot.conf).
- -C, --confdb directory
- Use a binary configuration database directory (default is /var/lib/knot/confdb). The default configuration database, if exists, has a preference to the default configuration file.
- -D, --dir path
- Use specified journal database path and default configuration.
Options
- -z, --zone-list
- Instead of reading the journal, display the list of zones in the DB.
- -l, --limit limit
- Limits the number of displayed changes.
- -s, --serial soa
- Start at a specific SOA serial.
- -M, --merge
- Print the changesets merged into one changeset. If zone-in-journal is present, the stored contents with all the changesets applied will be printed.
- -H, --check
- Enable additional journal semantic checks during printing.
- -d, --debug
- Debug mode brief output.
- -x, --mono
- Don't generate colorized output.
- -X, --color
- Force colorized output.
- -h, --help
- Print the program help.
- -V, --version
- Print the program version. The option -VV makes the program print the compile time configuration summary.
EXIT VALUES
Exit status of 0 means successful operation. Any other exit status indicates an error.
EXAMPLES
Last (most recent) 5 changes without colors:
$ kjournalprint -xl 5 /var/lib/knot/journal example.com.
SEE ALSO
knotd(8), knot.conf(5).
Author
CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. and contributors <https://www.knot-dns.cz/>
Copyright
Copyright (C) CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. and contributors
| 2026-01-16 | 3.5.3 |