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449854c2a07b50ea64d9d6a8b03d18d4afeeee43Ken Stubbings<h2>Name</h2>
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<a name="id2605178"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named
configuration file.
</p>
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<a name="id2605192"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
<div class="variablelist"><dl>
<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
<dd><p>
chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that
include
directives in the configuration file are processed as if
run by a similarly chrooted named.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt>
<dd><p>
Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
program and exit.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-z</span></dt>
<dd><p>
Perform a check load the master zonefiles found in
<code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-j</span></dt>
<dd><p>
When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
<dd><p>
The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
</p></dd>
</dl></div>
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<a name="id2605293"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
returns an exit status of 1 if
errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
</p>
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<a name="id2605307"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
<em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
</p>
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<a name="id2605329"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
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