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  <info>
    <date>2013-11-12</date>
  </info>
  <refentryinfo>
    <corpname>ISC</corpname>
    <corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.</corpauthor>
  </refentryinfo>
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle><application>named-rrchecker</application></refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>
  <refnamediv>
    <refname><application>named-rrchecker</application></refname>
    <refpurpose>A syntax checker for individual DNS resource records</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <docinfo>
    <copyright>
      <year>2013</year>
      <year>2014</year>
      <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
    </copyright>
  </docinfo>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis sepchar=" ">
      <command>named-rrchecker</command>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-h</option></arg>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-o <replaceable class="parameter">origin</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-p</option></arg>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-u</option></arg>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-C</option></arg>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-T</option></arg>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-P</option></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

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

    <para><command>named-rrchecker</command>
     read a individual DNS resource record from standard input and checks if it
     is syntactically correct.
    </para>
    <para>
      The <option>-h</option> prints out the help menu.
    </para>
    <para>
      The <option>-o <replaceable class="parameter">origin</replaceable></option>
      option specifies a origin to be used when interpreting the record.
    </para>
    <para>
      The <option>-p</option> prints out the resulting record in canonical
      form.  If there is no canonical form defined then the record will be
      printed in unknown record format.
    </para>
    <para>
      The <option>-u</option> prints out the resulting record in unknown record
      form.
    </para>
    <para>
      The <option>-C</option>, <option>-T</option> and <option>-P</option>
      print out the known class, standard type and private type mnemonics
      respectively.
    </para>
  </refsection>

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

    <para>
      <citetitle>RFC 1034</citetitle>,
      <citetitle>RFC 1035</citetitle>,
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>named</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>
    </para>
  </refsection>

</refentry>