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 Title: named-checkconf
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 "NAME"
named-checkconf - named configuration file syntax checking tool

 "SYNOPSIS"
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named-checkconf [-v] [-j] [-t directory] {filename} [-z]

 "DESCRIPTION"

named-checkconf
checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named configuration file.

 "OPTIONS"

-t directory


chroot to
directory
so that include directives in the configuration file are processed as if run by a similarly chrooted named.




-v


Print the version of the
named-checkconf
program and exit.




-z


Perform a check load the master zonefiles found in
named.conf.




-j


When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.




filename


The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not specified, it defaults to
/etc/named.conf.



 "RETURN VALUES"

named-checkconf
returns an exit status of 1 if errors were detected and 0 otherwise.

 "SEE ALSO"

named(8),
BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual.

 "AUTHOR"

Internet Systems Consortium

 "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright \(co 2004, 2005, 2007 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")


Copyright \(co 2000-2002 Internet Software Consortium.