On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Michael R <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > wes wrote: > > I have a customer that is waiting on a DNS update > for his site to start > > working. He's bugging my guys constantly, so I > promised him we'd call him > > the moment it "works." > Currently, I'm checking his DNS server every few > > minutes manually. > If I could automate this to alert me when it's updated, we > > could > make the call and be done. > > > > It was also worth the email > because I'd like to be able to do this on a > > broader scale - I'm > curious about how often some public DNS servers update. > > I could > submit a change and time how long it takes each server I'm curious > > > about to return the new data. I'm particularly interested in the difference > > in response time between 4.2.2.2 and 8.8.8.8. > > You could wrap > dig output in a script watching for your expected value and trigger an > email > from there. > > -- > Michael Rasmussen > > scripting something is the backup plan. I just wanted to see if such a wheel already existed before I go inventing my own :) also, dig appears to return status code 0 no matter what, so I'd have to script on some other util. "host" is my favorite in general. -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
