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NAME

       bind2csv2.py - convert zone files from BIND to MaraDNS compatible
       format

DESCRPTION

       MaraDNS 1.3 has BIND zone file support. This means it is possible to
       use BIND zone files in MaraDNS. This makes it easier for people to use
       MaraDNS in mixed DNS server environments.

       Instead of having direct BIND zone file support, MaraDNS has a script,
       called bind2csv2.py, that converts BIND zone files in to the "csv2"
       zone file format that MaraDNS 1.2 and 1.3 use. The zone files generated
       by bind2csv2.py are not MaraDNS 1.2 compatible; MaraDNS 1.3 is needed
       to read zone files generated by bind2csv2.py.

       bind2csv2.py is a Python script, written in version 2.2.3 of the Python
       interpreter. The script should be compatible with more recent versions
       of Python. The script assumes Python is the file /usr/bin/python on
       your system; if Python is located elsewhere on your system, please
       change the first line of bind2csv2.py. Naturally, you will need the
       Python interpreter installed on your system to use bind2csv2.py.  This
       is a well-known open source language supported by most modern Linux and
       BSD distributions.

USAGE

       To use the script, enter a directory containing BIND zone files, and
       invoke the script thusly:

       bind2csv2.py -c zone1 zone2 zone3

       Substitute "zone1", "zone2", and "zone3" with a list of one or more
       BIND zone files you wish be converted in to MaraDNS 1.3 csv2 zone
       files.

       Once the script is run, you should have files with names like
       "zone1.csv2", "zone2.csv2", and "zone3.csv2". These files are csv2 zone
       files that MaraDNS will be able to parse. Copy these csv2 zone files to
       a place where MaraDNS can find the zone files.

       Should there already be a "zone1.csv2" file when bind2csv2.py is run,
       the "zone1.csv2" file will be replaced.

OPTIONS

       None. Bind2csv2.py can only be used as above.

BUGS

       bind2csv2.py is not a perfect zone file converter. In particular,
       bind2csv2.py does not act like BIND when NS records have different
       TTLs. Please make sure all NS records in your BIND zone files have the
       same TTL.

       In addition, bind2csv2.py also does not support all resource record
       types that BIND supports. Only the following RRs are supported by
       bind2csv2.py: A AAAA AFSDB CNAME GPOS HINFO ISDN LOC MB MD MF MG MINFO
       MR MX NS NSAP PTR PX RP RT SOA SPF SRV TXT WKS X25