430N/A<!
DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
919N/A <
refentrytitle><
application>named-checkzone</
application></
refentrytitle>
919N/A <
manvolnum>8</
manvolnum>
919N/A <
refmiscinfo>BIND9</
refmiscinfo>
919N/A <
refname><
application>named-checkzone</
application></
refname>
919N/A <
refpurpose>zone file validity checking tool</
refpurpose>
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>
970N/A <
title>DESCRIPTION</
title>
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.
Quiet mode - exit code only.
<
term>-c <
replaceable class="parameter">class</
replaceable></
term>
Specify the class of the zone. If not specified "IN" is assumed.
The domain name of the zone being checked.
The name of the zone file.
<
title>RETURN VALUES</
title>
<
command>named-checkzone</
command> returns an exit status of 1 if
errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
<
refentrytitle>named</
refentrytitle>
<
citetitle>RFC 1035</
citetitle>,
<
citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</
citetitle>.
<
corpauthor>Internet Software Consortium</
corpauthor>