Have you ever wanted to check where a domain points, find its mail servers,
or understand why a name is not resolving on your Amiga? That is what dig is
for: it lets you ask a DNS server directly and see the answer.

adig is the DNS lookup command from c-ares, ported to classic m68k AmigaOS.
Its command line and output are similar to BIND dig. It can query A, AAAA, MX,
NS, PTR, SOA, SRV, TXT, CAA and other DNS record types.

c-ares project: https://c-ares.org/

Things you can do
-----------------

Find the IPv4 address for a site:

  adig @1.1.1.1 amiga.org A

Find where email for a domain is delivered:

  adig @1.1.1.1 amiga.org MX

Find the authoritative DNS servers for a domain:

  adig @1.1.1.1 amiga.org NS

Look up the name belonging to an IP address:

  adig @1.1.1.1 -x 8.8.8.8

Check whether two DNS servers give the same answer:

  adig @192.168.1.1 amiga.org A
  adig @1.1.1.1 amiga.org A

1.1.1.1 is a public DNS server. 192.168.1.1 is an example router address;
your router may use a different address.

The archive includes two executables:

  adig-68000           Build for 68000 systems
  adig-020             Build for 68020/68030/68040/68060 systems

International names are entered in their DNS form. For example,
xn--mnchen-3ya.de represents a name whose second letter is a u with an umlaut.

Double-click Install-adig for a guided text-based installation. It detects
the CPU and recommends a build, while leaving the final choice and install
destination to you.

Manual installation is also possible. For example:

  Copy adig-68000 C:adig

Start the TCP/IP stack before using adig. Roadshow may keep DHCP-provided
DNS servers internally instead of writing them to name_resolution. If adig
cannot find a server automatically, specify one explicitly:

  adig @192.168.1.1 amiga.org MX

Requirements
------------

  - Kickstart/AmigaOS 2.04 (V37) or newer
  - A 68000, 68020, 68030, 68040 or 68060 CPU
  - Roadshow or another bsdsocket.library V3 compatible TCP/IP stack
  - A configured and running IPv4 connection

The full command-line reference, installation help and known limitations are
in the included plain README.

License
-------

c-ares and adig are distributed under the MIT License. The complete license
and upstream author list are included as LICENSE and AUTHORS. The executable
uses clib2 by Olaf Barthel and contributors under its BSD 3-Clause license,
included as CLIB2-LICENSE. No separate library installation is needed.

This is an unofficial port and comes with no warranty or support.

Contact
-------

AmigaOS port feedback: RLH <rlh_amiga@protonmail.com>

History
-------

1.0.1 (04.09.2026)

  - Initial Aminet release.
  - Architecture-specific builds for 68000 and 68020+ systems.
  - Native guided text installer.

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