How to do DNS Boss from the command line without 
the GUI

     DNS Boss allows command line execution of the 
product to do updates from the command line without 
bringing up the GUI. This is convenient for sites 
that want to run a nightly build of their DNS data 
from a hosts file that changes every day.  This 
must be done after all of the GUI parameters have 
been set up.  To do this, set the following options 
via the GUI:  Select "Always copy hosts file from 
this file" (under the Advanced menu).  After you 
have saved all of the other settings for your 
domain the way you like them, make a change to 
your host file, and run the following from 
the command line:

Example:
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# /opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline 

Then do a nslookup to see if it really worked.
Example:
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# nslookup tiger.your_company.com.

If it comes back with the proper DNS entry, they you 
could put an entry into the root crontab so DNS Boss 
can automatically generate DNS databases from your 
hosts file.  This would create updated DNS databases 
every 30 minutes every day.  After the updated 
databases are created, /usr/sbin/in.named 
automatically gets restarted so your DNS should be 
up to date. 

Example:
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# setenv EDITOR /usr/ucb/vi
# crontab -e
1,30 * * * * /opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline > /dev/null 2>&1

     Here is a list of the DNS Boss command line
options.

Example:
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# /opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline -help
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/lockdnboss 
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -autobuild_all_domains
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -autobuild     your_domain.com
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -add_domain    your_domain.com
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -delete_domain your_domain.com
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -converter
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -add_host_to_next_available_ip  
                                       name your_domain.com  subnet  true
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -remove_host name  
                                       your_domain.com
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -ip_exists ip
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -name_exists_in_domain 
                                       name  yourdomain.com
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -list_names_in_domain 
                                       yourdomain.com
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -list_ips_in_domain yourdomain.com
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -list_subnets_in_domain 
                                       yourdomain.com
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -list_duplicate_names_in_domain 
                                       yourdomain.com
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -list_duplicate_cnames_in_domain  
                                       yourdomain.com
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -list_ips_in_all_domains  
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -list_subnets_in_all_domains
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -list_duplicate_ips_in_all_domains 
/opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline  -list_duplicate_ips_names_and_cnames_in_all_domains