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60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">named-checkconf</code> [<code class="option">-v</code>] [<code class="option">-j</code>] [<code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code>] {filename} [<code class="option">-z</code>]</p></div>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
47012ae6dbf18a2503d7b33c1c9583dc38625cb7Mark Andrews checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein configuration file.
47012ae6dbf18a2503d7b33c1c9583dc38625cb7Mark Andrews<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
47012ae6dbf18a2503d7b33c1c9583dc38625cb7Mark Andrews chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that
47012ae6dbf18a2503d7b33c1c9583dc38625cb7Mark Andrews directives in the configuration file are processed as if
47012ae6dbf18a2503d7b33c1c9583dc38625cb7Mark Andrews run by a similarly chrooted named.
47012ae6dbf18a2503d7b33c1c9583dc38625cb7Mark Andrews Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
47012ae6dbf18a2503d7b33c1c9583dc38625cb7Mark Andrews program and exit.
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60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
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