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3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel<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>
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel configuration file.
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel directives in the configuration file are processed as if
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel run by a similarly chrooted named.
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel program and exit.
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel Perform a check load the master zonefiles found in
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
3db86aab554edbb4244c8d1a1c90f152eee768afstevel<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
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