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c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <refentryinfo>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington </refentryinfo>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <refentrytitle><application>named-checkzone</application></refentrytitle>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <refname><application>named-checkzone</application></refname>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <refpurpose>zone file validity checking tool</refpurpose>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington </refnamediv>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <refsynopsisdiv>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <cmdsynopsis>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <arg><option>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></option></arg>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington </cmdsynopsis>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington </refsynopsisdiv>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <command>named-checkzone</command> checks the syntax and integrity of
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington a zone file. It performs the same checks as <command>named</command>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington does when loading a zone. This makes
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <command>named-checkzone</command> useful for checking zone
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington files before configuring them into a name server.
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <variablelist>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <varlistentry>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington Enable debugging.
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington </varlistentry>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <varlistentry>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington Quiet mode - exit code only.
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington </varlistentry>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <varlistentry>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <term>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></term>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington Specify the class of the zone. If not specified "IN" is assumed.
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington </varlistentry>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <varlistentry>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington The domain name of the zone being checked.
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington </varlistentry>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <varlistentry>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington The name of the zone file.
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington </varlistentry>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington </variablelist>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <command>named-checkzone</command> returns an exit status of 1 if
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <citerefentry>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington </citerefentry>,
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington <corpauthor>Internet Software Consortium</corpauthor>
c40265eba0c99708887d68e67901924065ba2514Brian Wellington - Local variables: