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-rw-r--r--man/systemd-resolve.xml11
-rw-r--r--src/resolve/resolve-tool.c43
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-resolve.xml b/man/systemd-resolve.xml
index fc06b9ec26..546054a403 100644
--- a/man/systemd-resolve.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-resolve.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@
done, and a hostname is retrieved for the specified addresses.</para>
<para>The <option>--type=</option> switch may be used to specify a DNS resource record type (A, AAAA, SOA, MX, ...) in
- order to request a specific DNS resource record, instead of the address or reverse address lookups.</para>
+ order to request a specific DNS resource record, instead of the address or reverse address lookups.
+ The special value <literal>help</literal> may be used to list known values.</para>
<para>The <option>--service</option> switch may be used to resolve <ulink
url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2782">SRV</ulink> and <ulink
@@ -157,7 +158,9 @@
same time. The setting <literal>llmnr</literal> is identical to specifying this switch once with
<literal>llmnr-ipv4</literal> and once via <literal>llmnr-ipv6</literal>. Note that this option does not force
the service to resolve the operation with the specified protocol, as that might require a suitable network
- interface and configuration.</para></listitem>
+ interface and configuration.
+ The special value <literal>help</literal> may be used to list known values.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -168,7 +171,9 @@
<listitem><para>Specifies the DNS resource record type (e.g. A, AAAA, MX, …) and class (e.g. IN, ANY, …) to
look up. If these options are used a DNS resource record set matching the specified class and type is
- requested. The class defaults to IN if only a type is specified.</para></listitem>
+ requested. The class defaults to IN if only a type is specified.
+ The special value <literal>help</literal> may be used to list known values.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/resolve/resolve-tool.c b/src/resolve/resolve-tool.c
index fdaeb8d926..9bee953839 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolve-tool.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolve-tool.c
@@ -900,6 +900,12 @@ static int reset_statistics(sd_bus *bus) {
return 0;
}
+static void help_protocol_types(void) {
+ if (arg_legend)
+ puts("Known protocol types:");
+ puts("dns\nllmnr\nllmnr-ipv4\nllmnr-ipv6");
+}
+
static void help_dns_types(void) {
int i;
const char *t;
@@ -930,22 +936,22 @@ static void help(void) {
printf("%s [OPTIONS...] NAME...\n"
"%s [OPTIONS...] --service [[NAME] TYPE] DOMAIN\n\n"
"Resolve domain names, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, DNS resource records, and services.\n\n"
- " -h --help Show this help\n"
- " --version Show package version\n"
- " -4 Resolve IPv4 addresses\n"
- " -6 Resolve IPv6 addresses\n"
- " -i --interface=INTERFACE Look on interface\n"
- " -p --protocol=PROTOCOL Look via protocol\n"
- " -t --type=TYPE Query RR with DNS type\n"
- " -c --class=CLASS Query RR with DNS class\n"
- " --service Resolve service (SRV)\n"
- " --service-address=BOOL Do [not] resolve address for services\n"
- " --service-txt=BOOL Do [not] resolve TXT records for services\n"
- " --cname=BOOL Do [not] follow CNAME redirects\n"
- " --search=BOOL Do [not] use search domains\n"
- " --legend=BOOL Do [not] print column headers and meta information\n"
- " --statistics Show resolver statistics\n"
- " --reset-statistics Reset resolver statistics\n"
+ " -h --help Show this help\n"
+ " --version Show package version\n"
+ " -4 Resolve IPv4 addresses\n"
+ " -6 Resolve IPv6 addresses\n"
+ " -i --interface=INTERFACE Look on interface\n"
+ " -p --protocol=PROTOCOL|help Look via protocol\n"
+ " -t --type=TYPE|help Query RR with DNS type\n"
+ " -c --class=CLASS|help Query RR with DNS class\n"
+ " --service Resolve service (SRV)\n"
+ " --service-address=BOOL Do [not] resolve address for services\n"
+ " --service-txt=BOOL Do [not] resolve TXT records for services\n"
+ " --cname=BOOL Do [not] follow CNAME redirects\n"
+ " --search=BOOL Do [not] use search domains\n"
+ " --legend=BOOL Do [not] print column headers and meta information\n"
+ " --statistics Show resolver statistics\n"
+ " --reset-statistics Reset resolver statistics\n"
, program_invocation_short_name, program_invocation_short_name);
}
@@ -1061,7 +1067,10 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
break;
case 'p':
- if (streq(optarg, "dns"))
+ if (streq(optarg, "help")) {
+ help_protocol_types();
+ return 0;
+ } else if (streq(optarg, "dns"))
arg_flags |= SD_RESOLVED_DNS;
else if (streq(optarg, "llmnr"))
arg_flags |= SD_RESOLVED_LLMNR;