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span class="application">named-checkconf</
span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</
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code class="command">named-checkconf</
code> [<
code class="option">-h</
code>] [<
code class="option">-v</
code>] [<
code class="option">-j</
code>] [<
code class="option">-t <
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code class="option">-z</
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strong class="command">named-checkconf</
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3946N/A checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named
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span class="term">-h</
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6077N/A Print the usage summary and exit.
3946N/A<
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span class="term">-t <
em class="replaceable"><
code>directory</
code></
em></
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dt>
3946N/A Chroot to <
code class="filename">directory</
code> so that
3946N/A directives in the configuration file are processed as if
3946N/A run by a similarly chrooted named.
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span class="term">-v</
span></
dt>
6074N/A Print the version of the <
span><
strong class="command">named-checkconf</
strong></
span>
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dt><
span class="term">-z</
span></
dt>
3946N/A Perform a test load of all master zones found in
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span class="term">-j</
span></
dt>
3946N/A When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
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span class="term">filename</
span></
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3946N/A The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
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h2>RETURN VALUES</
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strong class="command">named-checkconf</
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6074N/A returns an exit status of 1 if
6074N/A errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
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h2>SEE ALSO</
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span class="citerefentry"><
span class="refentrytitle">named</
span>(8)</
span>,
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span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</
span>(8)</
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span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</
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