DNS zone file feature examples

dns.omg.lol.example.zone

$ORIGIN dns.omg.lol.
$TTL 3h2s ; TTL directive. Human friendly TTL format is a BIND-ism.
@ SOA ( ; parenthesis
	mname ( ; can be
		rname ( ; nested
			1
		) 2 3
		4
	5 )
)
 TYPE2 \n\111\045\112\108\097\099\101\045\108\105\107\101-home ; <-- Generic TYPE mnemonic and an escaped label
\110\111\045\112\108\097\099\101\045\108\105\107\101-home TYPE1 \# 4 7f 00 00 01 ; <-- Generic RDATA format from RFC 3597
@ MX 3 no-place-like-home
  MX 5 \110\111\045\112\108\097\099\101\045\108\105\107\101-home
relative IN 1 PTR a ; TTL and CLASS are both optional
         1 IN PTR b ; and the order doesn't matter
  TXT ( character "strings" are"also"\"\102\117\110\")
$GENERATE 1-2 $.this.$.feature PTR is.$.a.$.bit.$.clumsy.$.too

gistfile1.txt

$ named-checkzone -dD dns.omg.lol ./dns.omg.lol.example.zone 
loading "dns.omg.lol" from "./dns.omg.lol.example.zone" class "IN"
zone dns.omg.lol/IN: loaded serial 1
dumping "dns.omg.lol"
dns.omg.lol.				      10802 IN SOA	mname.dns.omg.lol. rname.dns.omg.lol. 1 2 3 4 5
dns.omg.lol.				      10802 IN NS	no-place-like-home.dns.omg.lol.
dns.omg.lol.				      10802 IN MX	3 no-place-like-home.dns.omg.lol.
dns.omg.lol.				      10802 IN MX	5 no-place-like-home.dns.omg.lol.
1.this.1.feature.dns.omg.lol.		      10802 IN PTR	is.1.a.1.bit.1.clumsy.1.too.dns.omg.lol.
2.this.2.feature.dns.omg.lol.		      10802 IN PTR	is.2.a.2.bit.2.clumsy.2.too.dns.omg.lol.
no-place-like-home.dns.omg.lol.		      10802 IN A	127.0.0.1
relative.dns.omg.lol.			      1	IN PTR		a.dns.omg.lol.
relative.dns.omg.lol.			      1	IN PTR		b.dns.omg.lol.
relative.dns.omg.lol.			      10802 IN TXT	"character" "strings" "are" "also" "\"fun\""
OK