---
name: "tinydns2dlf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lire"
version: "2.1.1-8"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tinydns2dlf"
---

# tinydns2dlf(1)

convert tinydns logs, as created by multilog, to dlf

## NAME

tinydns2dlf - convert tinydns logs, as created by multilog, to dlf

## SYNOPSIS

**tinydns2dlf**

## DESCRIPTION

This script converts each line in a **tinydns**(1) query log, with timestamps as created by **multilog**(1) to a dns dlf record.  tinydns is part of djbdns. multilog is part of daemontools.

Logging data is printed automatically by tinydns.  A typical line in a log file would look like this:

```
 @400000003e67eeb414752ccc 7f000001:eb9f:80bd + 0001 www.slashdot.org
```

## EXAMPLES

To process a log as produced by tinydns:

```
 $ tai64nfraq < current | tinydns2dlf
```

tinydns2dlf will be rarely used on its own, but is more likely called by lr\_log2report:

```
 $ lr_log2report tinydns < /service/tinydns/log/main/current
```

## SEE ALSO

[**bind9\_query2dlf**(1)](/bind9_query2dlf/1.md), [**qmail2dlf**(1)](/qmail2dlf/1.md)

http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html

## VERSION

`$Id:` tinydns2dlf.in,v 1.8 2006/07/23 13:16:33 vanbaal Exp $

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2003 Christopher Boumenot

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (see COPYING); if not, check with http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.

## AUTHOR

Christopher Boumenot