getzones - Man Page

getzones [-g | -l | -m | -q network | -z zone] [-c Mac charset] [address]

Getzones is used to obtain a list of AppleTalk zone names using the Zone Information Protocol (ZIP). It sends a GetZoneList request to an AppleTalk router. By default, it sends the request to the locally running atalkd(8).

-g

Get the current default zone and the valid network range for the current network. This is accomplished by sending a ZIP GetNetInfo request. Note that only seed routers respond to GetNetInfo, so the usual idiom is to broadcast it.

-l

List the local zones; this is accomplished by sending a GetLocalZones request.

-m

List the name of the local zone only; this is accomplished by sending a ZIP GetMyZone request.

-q

List the zones available to a given network range. This is accomplished by sending a ZIP Query. Note that to query the zones available to an extended network, generally the first network number in the range must be used.

-z

Verifies whether zone is a valid zone for this network by sending a GetNetInfo. If zone is valid, exit with 0; if zone is not valid, exit with 2. Also prints the network configuration including, if the zone is invalid, the default zone to use instead of the one requested.

-c

Sets the Macintosh character set to use when interpreting zone names. If not specified, defaults to MacRoman.

address

Contact the AppleTalk router at address. address is parsed by atalk_aton(3).

Show all zones on the AppleTalk internetwork:

example$ getzones
Ethernet
LocalTalk
AirTalk
example$

Get default zone and network configuration for current network from whichever router is seeding this network;

example$ getzones -g 0.255
Network range: 3-10
Flags (0xa0): requested-zone-invalid only-one-zone
Requested zone: 
Zone multicast address: 09:00:07:00:00:a8
Default zone: Ethernet
example$

Check whether OtherNet is a valid zone for the current network:

example$ getzones -z Othernet 0.255 >/dev/null || echo "bad zone"
bad zone
example$

atalk_aton(3), atalkd(8)

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