Add a vim documentation.

The README is not a sufficient enough source of information. It is
easier for vim users to access the documentation through vim itself
using the standard vim documentation.
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*dnsserial.txt* another DNS-zone serial number updater
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Another DNS-zone serial number updater.
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CONTENTS *DNSserialContents*
1. Introduction ......... |DNSserial|
2. Usage ................ |DNSserialUsage|
3. Patterns ............. |DNSserialPatterns|
4. Configuration ........ |DNSserialConfiguration|
5. Custom patterns ...... |DNSserialCustomPatterns|
5.1 regex ........... |DNSserialCustomPatterns-regex|
5.2 matching ........ |DNSserialCustomPatterns-matching|
5.3 examples ........ |DNSserialCustomPatterns-examples|
6. License .............. |DNSserialLicense|
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Section 1: Introduction *DNSserial*
I know this not the first vim plugin available to update a DNS-zone serial
number. Here is a few reasons why I chose not to use the canonical one:
- there is no license and therefore it is not free;
- it is unmaintained;
- it is bugged;
- it lacks functionalities.
It chose not to fork the original plugin but to write a new one from scratch
mainly for legal purposes, but also because I did not found the code as simple
as I expected.
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Section 2: Usage *DNSserialUsage*
By default, each time you save a bindzone file, the script will look for the
DNS serial number and update it. You can also update it without saving the
file by invoking the :DNSSerialUpdate function.
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Section 3: Patterns *DNSserialPatterns*
In order to be detected, the DNS serial number must match one the following
pattern:
- YYYYMMDDXX ; serial
* YYYY is the year (4 digits, must start by either 19 or 2);
* MM is the month (2 digits);
* DD is the day (2 digits);
* XX is any non-negative number (1 or more digits);
* the word serial is not case-sensitive;
* there can be any number of blanks on each sides of the semicolon.
- SSSSSSSSSS ; serial
* SSSSSSSSSS is the UNIX tiemstamp (10 digits, must start by 1);
* the word serial is not case-sensitive;
* there can be any number of blanks on each sides of the semicolon.
- XX ; serial
* XX is any non-negative number (1 or more digits);
* the word serial is not case-sensitive;
* there can be any number of blanks on each sides of the semicolon.
According to those patterns, only dates between 1900 and 2999 will be
detected; however this should not be a problem at all. Most importantly, only
timestamps between September 9 2001 and March 17 2030 will be detected.
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Section 4: Configuration *DNSserialConfiguration*
You can set several configuration variables in your vimrc:
- g:dnsserial_auto_update: Defines whether or not the serial is updated when
the zone file is saved (default is 1, set it to 0 to disable).
- g:dnsserial_custom_patterns: List of customs patterns that will be added to
the default ones. Order matters, the first matching patters will be used.
Customs patterns will be tested before the default ones.
- g:dnsserial_patterns: List of default patterns. It is not advised to change
it.
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Section 5: Custom patterns *DNSserialCustomPatterns*
A pattern is defined by a dictionary with two keys: regex and matching.
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Section 5.1: regex *DNSserialCustomPatterns-regex*
Contains the regular expression that will be used to search the document for
the serial number. All the components of the serial number must be captured
with parenthesis.
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Section 5.1: matching *DNSserialCustomPatterns-matching*
This is a list of every components of the serial number. Each component is
defined by a dictionary. The type key must be present and contain one of the
allowed types. Depending on the type, several additional keys might be
defined. Authorized types and their options are:
- raw: Raw string.
- integer: An integer that will be incremented.
- offset (int): set the offset by which the integer is incremented. Default
is 1.
- padding (int): Force the integer to be 0-padded on the associated number of
digits.
- date_reset (bool): If set to 1 and a the serial contains a date, the
integer will be reseted to 0 if the date is updated. Default is 0.
- date: A formated date that will be updated to the current one.
- fmt (string, mandatory) : the date format according to the strftime()
specifications. See :help strftime for more details.
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Section 5.1: examples *DNSserialCustomPatterns-examples*
A simple pattern matching a serial defined as an integer and followed by a
comment starting by the word serial is:
{
'regex': '\(\d\+\)\s*;\s*\cserial',
'matching': [
{'type': 'integer'}
]
}
The same example, but having the serial number starting by the current date
(YYYYMMDD) and the integer padded on two digits:
{
'regex': '\(\d\{8}\)\(\d\+\)\s*;\s*\cserial',
'matching': [
{'type': 'date', 'fmt': '%Y%m%d'},
{'type': 'integer', 'padding': 2, 'date_reset': 1}
]
}
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Section 6: License *DNSserialLicense*
DNSserial is Copyright 2015 Rodolphe Breard and is licensed under the Apache
License, Version 2.0.