# dig . NS
I do it manually every now and then. Restart named before you dig it though, as the named cache can result in some funny (partial) results with named 9.x.x doing this.
The current output I get is below, hasn't changed since last time I updated, about a month back.
Cheers, Chris H.
; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> . NS
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44767
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 13
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;. IN NS
;; ANSWER SECTION:
. 518390 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 518390 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 518390 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 518390 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 518390 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 518390 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 518390 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 518390 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 518390 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 518390 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 518390 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 518390 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 518390 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 604790 IN A 198.41.0.4
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 604790 IN A 128.9.0.107
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 604790 IN A 192.33.4.12
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 604790 IN A 128.8.10.90
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 604790 IN A 192.203.230.10
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 604790 IN A 192.5.5.241
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 604790 IN A 192.112.36.4
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 604790 IN A 128.63.2.53
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 604790 IN A 192.36.148.17
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 604790 IN A 192.58.128.30
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 604790 IN A 193.0.14.129
L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 604790 IN A 198.32.64.12
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 604790 IN A 202.12.27.33
;; Query time: 10 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Wed Nov 6 07:11:19 2002
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 43
Johnno wrote:
Hello, has any got a script I could use/borrow/steal :)) that will check with ftp.internic.net and see if my named.root file is update... something i can run ever 2 months or so...At the moment ICANN are making changes to the .root file.. and have requested that everyone updates it... Many Thanks, Johnno
