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+db.example.com: db.example.com.py
+       @sudo -u user ~user/zonemaker/zone-maker $< | tee $@
+       @rndc reload example.com

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 This is zonemaker_, a tool to generate DNS zone files from Python.
 
 
 This is zonemaker_, a tool to generate DNS zone files from Python.
 

-The plain zone file format is pretty limited. There are not even variables, so in many cases IP addresses and other data has to be repeated several times.
-zonemaker is an attempt to provide more flexibility, by allowing you to write your zones in Python.
-Hence all the usuel fatures, like variables, macros (aka functions) and loops, are available to generate DNS zone data.
-At the same time, zonemaker is reasonably simple and close to the actual structure of a DNS zonefile, so it is suited for small setups.
-The output of zonemaker is a standard zonefile, so it can be used with any DNS server supporting those.
+The plain zone file format is pretty limited. There are not even variables, so 
+in many cases IP addresses and other data has to be repeated several times. 
+zonemaker is an attempt to provide more flexibility, by allowing you to write 
+your zones in Python. Hence all the usuel fatures, like variables, macros (aka 
+functions) and loops, are available to generate DNS zone data. At the same time, 
+zonemaker is reasonably simple and close to the actual structure of a DNS 
+zonefile, so it is suited for small setups. The output of zonemaker is a 
+standard zonefile, so it can be used with any DNS server supporting those.

 
 .. _dyn-nsupdate: https://www.ralfj.de/projects/zonemaker
 
 Usage
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 .. _dyn-nsupdate: https://www.ralfj.de/projects/zonemaker
 
 Usage
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-TODO
+Simply call ``zonemaker`` with the zone python file as argument. The result will 
+be printed to stdout. See ``db.example.com.py`` for a sample file demonstrating 
+the use of the interface. ``Makefile.sample`` shows how a makefile which first 
+updates the zone, and then tells BIND to reload, could look like.

 
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