[adig] Update man-page for the '-x' option (#357)

Fix By: Gisle Vanem (@gvanem)
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Gisle Vanem 4 years ago committed by GitHub
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@ -46,6 +46,19 @@ PTR, PX, RP, RT, SIG, SOA, SRV, TXT, WKS, X25,
.TP
\fB\-U\fR port
Use specified UDP port to connect to DNS server.
.TP
\fB\-x\fR
For an IPv4 \fB-t PTR a.b.c.d\fR lookup, query for
.br
\fBd.c.b.a.in-addr.arpa.\fR
This more often gives correct names in the \fBANSWER\fR.
.br
For an IPv6 \fB-t PTR addr\fR lookup, query for \fBa.b.c....z.IP6.ARPA.\fR
.TP
\fB\-xx\fR
As for \fB-x\fR and an IPv6 address, compact \fBa.b.c....z.IP6.ARPA.\fR into a RFC-2673 bit-string.
This compacted \fBbit-string\fR form is not supported by many DNS-servers.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to the c-ares mailing list:
\fBhttp://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/c-ares\fR

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