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1068N/A <date>June 13, 2000</date>

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919N/A <refmeta>

919N/A <refentrytitle><application>named-checkzone</application></refentrytitle>

919N/A <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

919N/A <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>

919N/A </refmeta>

919N/A

919N/A <refnamediv>

919N/A <refname><application>named-checkzone</application></refname>

919N/A <refpurpose>zone file validity checking tool</refpurpose>

919N/A </refnamediv>

919N/A

919N/A <refsynopsisdiv>

919N/A <cmdsynopsis>

919N/A <command>named-checkzone</command>

919N/A <arg><option>-d</option></arg>

919N/A <arg><option>-q</option></arg>

919N/A <arg><option>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></option></arg>

430N/A <arg choice="req">zonename</arg>

430N/A <arg choice="req">filename</arg>

430N/A </cmdsynopsis>

430N/A </refsynopsisdiv>

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430N/A <refsect1>

970N/A <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

977N/A <para>

970N/A <command>named-checkzone</command> checks the syntax and integrity of

970N/A a zone file. It performs the same checks as <command>named</command>

430N/A does when loading a zone. This makes

1068N/A <command>named-checkzone</command> useful for checking zone

430N/A files before configuring them into a name server.

911N/A </para>

1068N/A </refsect1>

1068N/A

911N/A <refsect1>

430N/A <title>OPTIONS</title>

1068N/A

493N/A <variablelist>

430N/A <varlistentry>

493N/A <term>-d</term>

430N/A <listitem>

430N/A <para>

970N/A Enable debugging.

970N/A </para>

970N/A </listitem>

430N/A </varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-q</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Quiet mode - exit code only.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>

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

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>zonename</term>

<listitem>

<para>

The domain name of the zone being checked.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>filename</term>

<listitem>

<para>

The name of the zone file.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>RETURN VALUES</title>

<para>

<command>named-checkzone</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>RFC 1035</citetitle>,

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

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>AUTHOR</title>

<para>

<corpauthor>Internet Software Consortium</corpauthor>

</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>