[dns-operations] wrapsrv -- DNS SRV record command line wrapper

[Robert Edmonds]

Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> % echo _jabber._tcp.google.com | srvsearch
> _jabber._tcp.google.com target=xmpp-server.l.google.com. priority=5 weight=0 port=5269 addresses=IPv4/209.85.163.125 
> _jabber._tcp.google.com target=xmpp-server3.l.google.com. priority=20 weight=0 port=5269 addresses=IPv4/209.85.163.125 
> ...

how is that any better than:

    $ host -t srv _jabber._tcp.google.com
    _jabber._tcp.google.com has SRV record 5 0 5269 xmpp-server.l.google.com.
    _jabber._tcp.google.com has SRV record 20 0 5269 xmpp-server1.l.google.com.
    [...]

?

wrapsrv constructs a command line for each target (selecting and
removing targets from the list per RFC 2782) and invokes the command
line until it succeeds or runs out of targets.

    edmonds at chase{0}:~$ wrapsrv _jabber._tcp.google.com "echo %h %p && true" 
    xmpp-server.l.google.com 5269
    edmonds at chase{0}:~$ wrapsrv _jabber._tcp.google.com "echo %h %p && false"
    xmpp-server.l.google.com 5269
    xmpp-server4.l.google.com 5269
    xmpp-server1.l.google.com 5269
    xmpp-server2.l.google.com 5269
    xmpp-server3.l.google.com 5269
    edmonds at chase{1}:~$

-- 
Robert Edmonds
edmonds at isc.org