Thanks. Exactly what I was thinking. Yeah, I got the zone files from the DNS admin, but he's not always in, and since he's the only one handling DNS for that domain, it's kind of a hassle to keep asking him for updates. I'd rather have write a script for perl to do it. That way also, right before it's migrated, I can have a snapshot to compare to.

OK, I'll ask if my box can get added to his list to allow it to do axfr requests.