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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 <
em class="replaceable"><
code>directory</
code></
em></
code>] {filename} [<
code class="option">-p</
code>] [<
code class="option">-z</
code>]</
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h2>DESCRIPTION</
h2>
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span><
strong class="command">named-checkconf</
strong></
span>
664N/A checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
625N/A <
span><
strong class="command">named</
strong></
span> configuration file. The file is parsed
625N/A and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
625N/A Note: files that <
span><
strong class="command">named</
strong></
span> reads in separate
1133N/A parser contexts, such as <
code class="filename">
rndc.key</
code> and
289N/A by <
span><
strong class="command">named-checkconf</
strong></
span>. Configuration
289N/A errors in these files may cause <
span><
strong class="command">named</
strong></
span> to
289N/A fail to run, even if <
span><
strong class="command">named-checkconf</
strong></
span> was
289N/A successful. <
span><
strong class="command">named-checkconf</
strong></
span> can be run
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span class="term">-h</
span></
dt>
1133N/A Print the usage summary and exit.
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span class="term">-t <
em class="replaceable"><
code>directory</
code></
em></
span></
dt>
625N/A Chroot to <
code class="filename">directory</
code> so that include
1133N/A directives in the configuration file are processed as if
625N/A run by a similarly chrooted named.
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dt><
span class="term">-v</
span></
dt>
518N/A Print the version of the <
span><
strong class="command">named-checkconf</
strong></
span>
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dt><
span class="term">-p</
span></
dt>
518N/A Print out the <
code class="filename">
named.conf</
code> and included files
518N/A in canonical form if no errors were detected.
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dt><
span class="term">-z</
span></
dt>
289N/A Perform a test load of all master zones found in
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dt><
span class="term">-j</
span></
dt>
1133N/A When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
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span class="term">filename</
span></
dt>
518N/A The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
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strong class="command">named-checkconf</
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289N/A returns an exit status of 1 if
289N/A errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
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h2>
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span class="citerefentry"><
span class="refentrytitle">named</
span>(8)</
span>,
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span class="citerefentry"><
span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</
span>(8)</
span>,
289N/A <
em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</
em>.
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h2>
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span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</
span>
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