NAMED-CHECKCONF(8)

NAME

       named-checkconf - named configuration file syntax checking tool

SYNOPSIS

       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 configura-
	      tion 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	speci-
	      fied, it defaults to /etc/namedb/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



BIND9				 June 14, 2000		    NAMED-CHECKCONF(8)