---
name: "query-loc"
section: "1"
platform: "macos"
package: "bind9"
version: "65"
release: "macOS 26.5"
platforms: ["linux", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/query-loc"
---

# query-loc(1)

to retrieve and display the location information in the DNS

## NAME

query-loc - to retrieve and display the location information in the DNS

## SYNOPSIS

**query-loc** \[-v\]*\[-d*nnn\] *host*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **query-loc** command.

**query-loc** is a program to retrieve and display the location information in the DNS.

It uses the algorithms described in RFC 1876 (and RFC 1101 to get the network names). You can find examples of networks wchich implement this scheme in the ADDRESSES file.

## OPTIONS

- **-v**

  Verbose mode.

- **-d nnn**

  Debug mode. Displays the RFC's algorithm

## BUGS

Very few hosts have location information.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Stephane Bortzmeyer \<bortzmeyer@debian.org\>.