axfr-get: fatal: unable to write to network: file descriptor not open

[David Benfell]

Hello all,

My zone transfer script yields the following error for each attempt:

axfr-get: fatal: unable to write to network: file descriptor not open

I am attempting the following transfers from domains I'm supposed to
be a secondary DNS for:

axfr-get starshine.org starshine.org-data starshine.org-tmp
axfr-get horizonpr.com horizonpr.com-data horizonpr.com-tmp

A Google search on the error yields nothing. What does this error
message mean?

Thanks!

[Adrian Ho]

Post by David Benfell
axfr-get: fatal: unable to write to network: file descriptor not open
[...]
axfr-get starshine.org starshine.org-data starshine.org-tmp
axfr-get horizonpr.com horizonpr.com-data horizonpr.com-tmp
A Google search on the error yields nothing.

A list archive search, OTOH, yields at least half a dozen matches.

Post by David Benfell
What does this error message mean?

It means you should read the axfr-get man page more closely, in
particular the 2nd para:

Normally axfr-get is run under tcpclient, which sets up descriptors
6 and 7 as a TCP connection to a remote host.

[John Peacock]

Post by David Benfell
axfr-get: fatal: unable to write to network: file descriptor not open
A Google search on the error yields nothing. What does this error
message mean?

It means that you didn't read the docs for axfr-get very carefully; don't feel
bad, this particular section of the docs desperately needs an actual example of
usage, rather than the terse discussion found there. axfr-get is not a fully
functional client; it requires tcpclient to operate. Try this instead:

tcpclient ns.starshine.org 53 axfr-get starshine.org starshine.org-data
starshine.org-tmp

HTH

John