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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Long: dns-interface Arg: Help: Interface to use for DNS requests Protocols: DNS Added: 7.33.0 Requires: c-ares Category: dns Multi: single See-also:

• dns-ipv4-addr
• dns-ipv6-addr Example:
• --dns-interface eth0 $URL

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--dns-interface

Send outgoing DNS requests through the given interface. This option is a counterpart to --interface (which does not affect DNS). The supplied string must be an interface name (not an address).