[Dnsmasq-discuss] cache confusion

[Simon Kelley]

Carla Schroder wrote:
> I'm confused about dnsmasq's DNS cache. I know that it works, and works well. 
> Is there a way to see the contents of the cache?

Yes, it's easiest to start dnsmasq in debug mode (-d) which keeps it in 
the foreground. Then when you want to see the current cache contents, 
send dnsmasq SIGUSR1 like this:

killall -USR1 dnsmasq

and a dump will be printed to the terminal.


> Is the cache stored in RAM or in a temp file on disk?
It's in RAM.

> 
> thanks in advance, and thanks for dnsmasq.
> 
No problem.

Simon.

> signed,
> scarred recovering former BIND admin
>