Q: What exactly does the dog command-line tool do?

A: dog is a DNS client that runs in a console or terminal. It sends queries to Domain Name Servers to resolve domain names, acting as a user-side interface for DNS lookups.

Q: Is dog free to use and modify?

A: Yes. dog is classified as free software and is distributed under the European Union Public Licence. This allows users to freely run, study, change, and distribute the software and its modified versions.

Q: On which operating systems can I run dog?

A: dog is compatible with Unix-like operating systems (including Linux distributions, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and macOS) and Microsoft Windows.

Q: Where can I download or access dog?

A: The source code is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/ogham/dog. It is also available via various package managers, including Homebrew, MacPorts, Arch Linux (AUR), Gentoo, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD ports.

dog

command-line DNS client

Place client Q104632273

Facts

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Identity

Instance of: client, console application, free software^[2]^[3]
Official website: dns.lookup.dog^[9]

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License: European Union Public Licence
Website: dns.lookup.dog
Programming language: Rust
Copyright license: European Union Public Licence^[4]
Copyright status: copyrighted^[11]
Implementation of: Domain Name System^[10]
Operating system: Unix-like operating system, Microsoft Windows^[6]^[7]
Programmed in: Rust^[5]
Software version identifier: 0.1.0^[8]
Version: 0.1.0
‎macports port: dog

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🔖 Identifiers · 9

AUR package: dog-dns-git
Arch Linux package: dog
FreeBSD port: dns/dog
Gentoo package: net-dns/dog
Homebrew formula name: dog
MacPorts port: dog
OpenBSD port: net/dog
Repology project name: dog-dns
Source code repository URL: github.com

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Instance of 3

free software, client, console application

Operating system 2

Microsoft Windows, Unix-like operating system

European Union Public Licence

Implementation of 1

Domain Name System

Programmed in 1

Rust

← Industry 1

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Summary

dog is a client^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ dog — instance of (P31): console application. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ dog — instance of (P31): free software. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ dog — copyright license (P275): European Union Public Licence. api.github.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02. api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ dog — programmed in (P277): Rust. api.github.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02. api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ dog — operating system (P306): Unix-like operating system. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ dog — operating system (P306): Microsoft Windows. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ dog — software version identifier (P348): 0.1.0. github.com. Retrieved 2021-01-03. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ dog — official website (P856): https://dns.lookup.dog/. api.github.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02. api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ dog — implementation of (P4428): Domain Name Server. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ dog — copyright status (P6216): copyrighted. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ dog is an instance of client (Q528166) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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