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NAMED-CHECKZONE(8)
NAME
  named-checkzone - zone file validity checking tool

SYNOPSIS
  named-checkzone [-d] [-j] [-q] [-v] [-c class] [-k mode] [-n mode]
		  [-o filename] [-t directory] [-w directory] [-D] {zonename}
		  {filename}

DESCRIPTION
  named-checkzone checks the syntax and integrity of a zone file. It performs
  the same checks as named does when loading a zone. This makes
  named-checkzone useful for checking zone files before configuring them into
  a name server.

OPTIONS
  -d Enable debugging.

  -q Quiet mode - exit code only.

  -v Print the version of the named-checkzone program and exit.

  -j When loading the zone file read the journal if it exists.

  -c class
     Specify the class of the zone. If not specified "IN" is assumed.

  -k mode
     Perform "check-names" checks with the specified failure mode. Possible
     modes are "fail", "warn" (default) and "ignore".

  -n mode
     Specify whether NS records should be checked to see if they are
     addresses. Possible modes are "fail", "warn" (default) and "ignore".

  -o filename
     Write zone output to filename.

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

  -w directory
     chdir to directory so that relative filenames in master file $INCLUDE
     directives work. This is similar to the directory clause in named.conf.

  -D Dump zone file in canonical format.

  zonename
     The domain name of the zone being checked.

  filename
     The name of the zone file.

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

SEE ALSO
  named(8), RFC 1035, BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual.

AUTHOR
  Internet Systems Consortium

COPYRIGHT
  Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")

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