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<refentry id="man.journalprint">
<refentryinfo>
<date>Feb 18, 2009</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle><application>journalprint</application></refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname><application>journalprint</application></refname>
<refpurpose>print zone journal in human-readable form</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<docinfo>
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
<holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
</copyright>
</docinfo>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>journalprint</command>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable class="parameter">journal</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
<command>journalprint</command>
prints the contents of a zone journal file in a human-readable
form.
</para>
<para>
Journal files are automatically created by <command>named</command>
when changes are made to dynamic zones (e.g., by
<command>nsupdate</command>). They record each addition
or deletion of a resource record, in binary format, allowing the
changes to be re-applied to the zone when the server is
restarted after a shutdown or crash. By default, the name of
the journal file is formed by appending the extension
<filename>.jnl</filename> to the name of the corresponding
zone file.
</para>
<para>
<command>journalprint</command> converts the contents of a given
journal file into a human-readable text format. Each line begins
with "add" or "del", to indicate whether the record was added or
deleted, and continues with the resource record in master-file
format.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>named</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>nsupdate</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>AUTHOR</title>
<para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
</para>
</refsect1>
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