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8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster<p><span class="application">named-checkzone</span>, <span class="application">named-compilezone</span> — zone file validity checking or converting tool</p>
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">named-checkzone</code> [<code class="option">-d</code>] [<code class="option">-h</code>] [<code class="option">-j</code>] [<code class="option">-q</code>] [<code class="option">-v</code>] [<code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-f <em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-F <em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-J <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-i <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-k <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-M <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-l <em class="replaceable"><code>ttl</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-L <em class="replaceable"><code>serial</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-o <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-r <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>style</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-T <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-w <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-D</code>] [<code class="option">-W <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] {zonename} {filename}</p></div>
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">named-compilezone</code> [<code class="option">-d</code>] [<code class="option">-j</code>] [<code class="option">-q</code>] [<code class="option">-v</code>] [<code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-C <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-f <em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-F <em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-J <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-i <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-k <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-l <em class="replaceable"><code>ttl</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-L <em class="replaceable"><code>serial</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-r <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>style</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-T <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-w <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-D</code>] [<code class="option">-W <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code>] {<code class="option">-o <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>} {zonename} {filename}</p></div>
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkzone</strong></span>
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster checks the syntax and integrity of a zone file. It performs the
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster same checks as <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> does when loading a
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster zone. This makes <span><strong class="command">named-checkzone</strong></span> useful for
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster checking zone files before configuring them into a name server.
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster <span><strong class="command">named-compilezone</strong></span> is similar to
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster <span><strong class="command">named-checkzone</strong></span>, but it always dumps the
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster zone contents to a specified file in a specified format.
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster Additionally, it applies stricter check levels by default,
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster since the dump output will be used as an actual zone file
402cd5da45d9182b81c16a13c3568faf78701827Andrew Forrest loaded by <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>.
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster When manually specified otherwise, the check levels must at
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster least be as strict as those specified in the
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file.
ae38b3b0c7668321cd32405f4ad510601d6f1276James Phillpotts Enable debugging.
ae38b3b0c7668321cd32405f4ad510601d6f1276James Phillpotts Print the usage summary and exit.
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster Quiet mode - exit code only.
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkzone</strong></span>
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster program and exit.
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster When loading a zone file, read the journal if it exists.
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster The journal file name is assumed to be the zone file name
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster appended with the string <code class="filename">.jnl</code>.
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster<dt><span class="term">-J <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></span></dt>
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster When loading the zone file read the journal from the given
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster file, if it exists. (Implies -j.)
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster<dt><span class="term">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em></span></dt>
<span><strong class="command">"raw"</strong></span>, and <span><strong class="command">"map"</strong></span>.
and <span><strong class="command">"map"</strong></span>, <span><strong class="command">"raw"</strong></span>,