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$Id: named-checkzone.8,v 1.1 2000/12/14 00:52:44 marka Exp $
.Dd Jun 13, 2000 .Dt CHECK-ZONE 1 .Os BIND9 9 .Sh NAME .Nm check-zone .Nd Zone validity checking tool. .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm check-zone .Op Fl dq .Op Fl c Ar class .Ar zone .Op filename .Sh DESCRIPTION

p .Nm check-zone is a tool for performing integrity checks on a zones contents. It uses the same integrity checks as .Nm named .

p The options to .Nm check-zone are as follows: l -tag -width Ds t Fl d enable debugging. t Fl q quiet mode - exit code only. t Fl c Ar class specify the class of the zone. If not specified "IN" is assumed. t Ar zone the name of the zone being loaded. t Op filename the name of the file containing the zone. If not specified it defaults to the zone name. .Sh RETURN VALUES

p .Nm check-zone return a zero exit value if no errors were detected, otherwise it returns 1. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr named 8 , .Xr RFC1035 .