create-zone-example

# pdnsutil create-zone example.com ns1.example.com
Creating empty zone 'example.com.'
Also adding one NS record
# pdnsutil add-record example.com ns1 A 192.168.1.2
New rrset:
ns1.example.com. IN A 3600 192.168.1.2

# pdnsutil list-zone example.com
example.com.    3600    IN      NS      ns1.example.com.
example.com.    3600    IN      SOA     ns1.example.com hostmaster.example.com 1 10800 3600 604800 3600
ns1.example.com.        3600    IN      A       192.168.1.2

$ dig +noall +answer ns1.example.com @127.0.0.1 
ns1.example.com.        3600    IN      A       192.168.1.2