<html><body><div><div>I don't remember a mechanism in dnsmasq to achive this, although support for it (if it isn't too much work) would be something I'd happily help with.<br></div><div><br></div><div>That being said, I think what you want is "inotify" on Linux, or "filewatcher" on Windows. These services will watch files for changes and automatically trigger actions like "reload dnsmasq"<br></div><div><br></div><div>Warning: On Linux, inotify is an API so you still need a client to help you configure it. Something like the inotify-tools package on arch. (I think on debian based systems too)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 9, 2022, at 1:43 PM, Frank Liu <gfrankliu@gmail.com> wrote:<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>Hi,<br></div><div><br></div><div>If I add a new file in /etc/dnsmasq.d that has a few srv-host entries,<br></div><div>what's the best way to signal dnsmasq, other than restart it, so that<br></div><div>those records can be resolvable?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br></div><div>Frank<br></div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list<br></div><div>Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk<br></div><div>https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></body></html>