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  25 <a name="id2482688"></a><div class="titlepage"></div>
  26 <div class="refnamediv">
  27 <h2>Name</h2>
  28 <p><span class="application">named-checkzone</span> &#8212; zone file validity checking tool</p>
  29 </div>
  30 <div class="refsynopsisdiv">
  31 <h2>Synopsis</h2>
  32 <div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">named-checkzone</code>  [<code class="option">-d</code>] [<code class="option">-j</code>] [<code class="option">-q</code>] [<code class="option">-v</code>] [<code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-k <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-o <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-w <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-D</code>] {zonename} {filename}</p></div>
  33 </div>
  34 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
  35 <a name="id2549490"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
  36 <p>
  37         <span><strong class="command">named-checkzone</strong></span> checks the syntax and integrity of
  38         a zone file.  It performs the same checks as <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>
  39         does when loading a zone.  This makes
  40         <span><strong class="command">named-checkzone</strong></span> useful for checking zone
  41         files before configuring them into a name server.
  42     </p>
  43 </div>
  44 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
  45 <a name="id2549510"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
  46 <div class="variablelist"><dl>
  47 <dt><span class="term">-d</span></dt>
  48 <dd><p>
  49               Enable debugging.
  50           </p></dd>
  51 <dt><span class="term">-q</span></dt>
  52 <dd><p>
  53               Quiet mode - exit code only.
  54           </p></dd>
  55 <dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt>
  56 <dd><p>
  57               Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkzone</strong></span>
  58               program and exit.
  59           </p></dd>
  60 <dt><span class="term">-j</span></dt>
  61 <dd><p>
  62               When loading the zone file read the journal if it exists.
  63           </p></dd>
  64 <dt><span class="term">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em></span></dt>
  65 <dd><p>
  66               Specify the class of the zone.  If not specified "IN" is assumed.
  67           </p></dd>
  68 <dt><span class="term">-k <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></span></dt>
  69 <dd><p>
  70               Perform <span><strong class="command">"check-names"</strong></span> checks with the specified failure mode.
  71               Possible modes are <span><strong class="command">"fail"</strong></span>,
  72               <span><strong class="command">"warn"</strong></span> (default) and
  73               <span><strong class="command">"ignore"</strong></span>.
  74           </p></dd>
  75 <dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></span></dt>
  76 <dd><p>
  77               Specify whether NS records should be checked to see if they
  78               are addresses.  Possible modes are <span><strong class="command">"fail"</strong></span>,
  79               <span><strong class="command">"warn"</strong></span> (default) and
  80               <span><strong class="command">"ignore"</strong></span>.
  81           </p></dd>
  82 <dt><span class="term">-o <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></span></dt>
  83 <dd><p>
  84               Write zone output to <code class="filename">filename</code>.
  85           </p></dd>
  86 <dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
  87 <dd><p>
  88               chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
  89               directives in the configuration file are processed as if
  90               run by a similarly chrooted named.
  91           </p></dd>
  92 <dt><span class="term">-w <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
  93 <dd><p>
  94               chdir to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that relative
  95               filenames in master file $INCLUDE directives work.  This
  96               is similar to the directory clause in
  97               <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
  98           </p></dd>
  99 <dt><span class="term">-D</span></dt>
 100 <dd><p>
 101               Dump zone file in canonical format.
 102           </p></dd>
 103 <dt><span class="term">zonename</span></dt>
 104 <dd><p>
 105                The domain name of the zone being checked.
 106           </p></dd>
 107 <dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
 108 <dd><p>
 109                The name of the zone file.
 110           </p></dd>
 111 </dl></div>
 112 </div>
 113 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
 114 <a name="id2549824"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
 115 <p>
 116         <span><strong class="command">named-checkzone</strong></span> returns an exit status of 1 if
 117         errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
 118     </p>
 119 </div>
 120 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
 121 <a name="id2549836"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
 122 <p>
 123       <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
 124       <em class="citetitle">RFC 1035</em>,
 125       <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
 126     </p>
 127 </div>
 128 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
 129 <a name="id2549863"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
 130 <p>
 131         <span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
 132     </p>
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