<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="man.named-journalprint">

<info>

<date>2009-12-04</date>

</info>

<refentryinfo>

<corpname>ISC</corpname>

<corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.</corpauthor>

</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>

<refentrytitle><application>named-journalprint</application></refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname><application>named-journalprint</application></refname>

<refpurpose>print zone journal in human-readable form</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<docinfo>

<copyright>

<year>2009</year>

<year>2014</year>

<year>2015</year>

<year>2016</year>

<holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>

</copyright>

</docinfo>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<cmdsynopsis sepchar=" ">

<command>named-journalprint</command>

<arg choice="req" rep="norepeat"><replaceable class="parameter">journal</replaceable></arg>

</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsection><info><title>DESCRIPTION</title></info>

<para>

<command>named-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>named-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>

</refsection>

<refsection><info><title>SEE ALSO</title></info>

<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>

</refsection>

</refentry>