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5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews<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>
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5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews configuration file.
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