NAME
mquery – small query tool for multicast DNS
SYNOPSIS
mquery [-hsv] [-i IFACE] [-t TYPE] [-w SEC] [NAME]
DESCRIPTION
mquery is a companion tool to mdnsd(8), but can also be used stand-alone with other mDNS servers. It formats and sends mDNS service queries, similar to how mdns-scan(1) works, but with a fraction of the usability.
mquery runs on the system default interface, derived from the routing table. To run on another interface, use the -i IFACE command line option. It runs continuously monitoring for responses to the initial query, by default _services._dns-sd._udp.local.
OPTIONS
This program follows the usual UNIX command line syntax. The options are as follows:
- -h
-
Print a bare bones help message and exits.
- -i IFACE
-
Interface to run query on, by default the system default interface is used, derived from the routing table.
Only available on Linux.
- -s
-
By default mquery behaves a lot like mdns-scan(1), which after receiving an initial reply to a scan, sends a specific PTR query to the respondent. This option skips that specific scan and runs mquery in a simple mode.
- -t TYPE
-
Query type, default 12 (PTR).
- -h
-
Print a help message and exit.
- -v
-
Show program version.
- -w SEC
-
Delay (approximate) in seconds before automatically exiting.
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
This mDNS-SD implementation was created in 2003 by Jeremie Miller ⟨[email protected]⟩. Much later, in 2016, it was adopted by Joachim Wiberg ⟨[email protected]⟩ for further development and maintenance at GitHub: ⟨https://github.com/troglobit/mdnsd⟩.