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4745N/A>Name</H2
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3817N/A>&nbsp;--&nbsp;zone file validity checking tool</DIV
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CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN13"
></A
><H2
>Synopsis</H2
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>named-checkzone</B
> [<TT
CLASS="OPTION"
>-d</TT
>] [<TT
CLASS="OPTION"
>-q</TT
>] [<TT
CLASS="OPTION"
>-v</TT
>] [<TT
CLASS="OPTION"
>-c <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>class</I
></TT
></TT
>] {zonename} {filename}</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN27"
></A
><H2
>DESCRIPTION</H2
><P
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>named-checkzone</B
> checks the syntax and integrity of
a zone file. It performs the same checks as <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>named</B
>
does when loading a zone. This makes
<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>named-checkzone</B
> useful for checking zone
files before configuring them into a name server.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN33"
></A
><H2
>OPTIONS</H2
><P
></P
><DIV
CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><DL
><DT
>-d</DT
><DD
><P
> Enable debugging.
</P
></DD
><DT
>-q</DT
><DD
><P
> Quiet mode - exit code only.
</P
></DD
><DT
>-v</DT
><DD
><P
> Print the version of the <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>named-checkzone</B
>
program and exit.
</P
></DD
><DT
>-c <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>class</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Specify the class of the zone. If not specified "IN" is assumed.
</P
></DD
><DT
>zonename</DT
><DD
><P
> The domain name of the zone being checked.
</P
></DD
><DT
>filename</DT
><DD
><P
> The name of the zone file.
</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN62"
></A
><H2
>RETURN VALUES</H2
><P
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>named-checkzone</B
> returns an exit status of 1 if
errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN66"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
><SPAN
CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
>named</SPAN
>(8)</SPAN
>,
<I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>RFC 1035</I
>,
<I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</I
>.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN74"
></A
><H2
>AUTHOR</H2
><P
> Internet Software Consortium
</P
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