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<refentryinfo>

<date>June 14, 2000</date>

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<refmeta>

<refentrytitle><application>named-checkconf</application></refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname><application>named-checkconf</application></refname>

<refpurpose>named configuration file syntax checking tool</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<cmdsynopsis>

<command>named-checkconf</command>

<arg><option>-t <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="req">filename</arg>

</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>DESCRIPTION</title>

<para>

<command>named-checkconf</command> checks the syntax, but not

the semantics, of a named configuration file.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>OPTIONS</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>-t <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>

chroot to <filename>directory</filename> so that include

directives in the configuration file are processed as if

run by a similarly chrooted named.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>filename</term>

<listitem>

<para>

The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not

specified, it defaults to <filename>/etc/named.conf</filename>.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>RETURN VALUES</title>

<para>

<command>named-checkconf</command> returns an exit status of 1 if

errors were detected and 0 otherwise.

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>SEE ALSO</title>

<para>

<citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>named</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>,

<citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>AUTHOR</title>

<para>

<corpauthor>Internet Software Consortium</corpauthor>

</para>

</refsect1>

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