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$Id: named-checkconf.8,v 1.2 2000/12/19 19:48:09 gson Exp $
.Dd Jun 14, 2000 .Dt NAMED-CHECKCONF 1 .Os BIND9 9 .Sh NAME .Nm named-checkconf .Nd Configuration file syntax checking tool. .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm named-checkconf .Op filename .Sh DESCRIPTION

p .Nm named-checkconf is a tool to check the syntax, but not sematics, of the configuration file for named.

p The options to .Nm named-checkconf are as follows: l -tag -width Ds t Ar filename the name of the configuration file to be checked. If not specified it defaults /etc/named.conf. .Sh RETURN VALUES

p .Nm named-checkconf return a an exit status of 1 if errors were detected, 0 otherwise. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr named 8 , .Xr RFC1035 .