old_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  import dns.query
  import dns.zone
  import sys
  
  from optparse import OptionParser
  
  parser = OptionParser()
  parser.add_option("--server", dest="dns_server",
                    help="DNS server to query.",
                    type="string")
  parser.add_option("--zone", dest="dns_zone",
                    help="Zone to print.",
                    type="string")
  
  (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
  
  print "Server: %s Zone: %s" % (options.dns_server, options.dns_zone)
  try:
      z = dns.zone.from_xfr(dns.query.xfr(options.dns_server, options.dns_zone))
      names = z.nodes.keys()
      names.sort()
      for n in names:
          print z[n].to_text(n)
  except dns.exception.FormError:
      print "The transfer encountered a problem."
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  import dns.query
  import dns.zone
  import sys
  
  from optparse import OptionParser
  
  parser = OptionParser()
  parser.add_option("--server", dest="dns_server",
                    help="DNS server to query.",
                    type="string")
  parser.add_option("--zone", dest="dns_zone",
                    help="Zone to print.",
                    type="string")
  
  (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
  
  print "Server: %s Zone: %s" % (options.dns_server, options.dns_zone)
  try:
      z = dns.zone.from_xfr(dns.query.xfr(options.dns_server, options.dns_zone))
      names = z.nodes.keys()
      names.sort()
      zone_xfr_array = []
      for n in names:
          current_record = z[n].to_text(n)
          for split_record in current_record.split("\n"):
              zone_xfr_array.append([split_record])
  except dns.exception.FormError:
      print "The transfer encountered a problem."
  
  for current_record in zone_xfr_array:
      print current_record
  
  
subject: Split the XFR output into an array of values.