Files in the MaraDNS source directory

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This document describes each file or directory at the MaraDNS source top-level directory.

00README.FIRST
  Legal disclaimer
0QuickStart
  Quick start guide; geared for experienced UNIX admins
build/
  Files used to compile, install, and make RPMs of MaraDNS. This will also include patches and scripts that update a stable release of MaraDNS.
CHANGELOG
  Link to an ASCII version of the changelog document
configure
  Script which sets up the Makefile; uses uname to detect the system being used. Non-autoconf because an autoconf-enabled system requires the presence of non-BSD licensed code.
CREDITS
  List of people who have helped with MaraDNS' development
dns/
  Source code files with functions which manipulate the raw DNS data
doc/
  Documentation
FAQ
  Link to an ASCII version of the MaraDNS FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
libs/
  The libraries for the overflow-resistant string functions, and to the hashing core used by MaraDNS.
locale.de
  Shell script which changes some of the messages which MaraDNS outputs from English to German. This needs to be run before compiling MaraDNS.
locale.en
  Shell script which changes the language of MaraDNS' messages to English (this is the default language). This needs ot be run before compiling MaraDNS.
locale.es
  Shell script which changes some of the messages which MaraDNS outputs from English to Spanish. This needs to be run before compiling MaraDNS.
Makefile
  Starts off as a wrapper which runs configure to generate the makefile, then runs 'make' on that Makefile.
MaraDNS.h
  Header files which defines some of MaraDNS' structures; this file is used by source files in many different MaraDNS directories.
maradns.gpg.key
  The GPG key which is used to sign MaraDNS releases.
parse/
  Routines which parse the mararc file and the csv1 zone files.
qual/
  Y2038 compliant timestamp routines
rng/
  Routines used by the secure random number generator
server/
  The core maradns server
sqa/
  Routines used for MaraDNS regression and stress testing; not compiled by default
tcp/
  The TCP domain zone and TCP server and the getzone domain zone client
test/
  Routines used for testing some library routines in MaraDNS; not compiled by default
tools/
  askmara; the "ej" tools used for processing MaraDNS documentation; and some other scripts I wrote for various MaraDNS-development related purposes
utf8/
  Some routines for 8859-1 to utf-8 conversion; currently unused by MaraDNS