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<refentry id="man.named-checkconf">
  <refentryinfo>
    <date>June 14, 2000</date>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle><application>named-checkconf</application></refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>

  <docinfo>
    <copyright>
      <year>2004</year>
      <year>2005</year>
      <year>2007</year>
      <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
    </copyright>
    <copyright>
      <year>2000</year>
      <year>2001</year>
      <year>2002</year>
      <holder>Internet Software Consortium.</holder>
    </copyright>
  </docinfo>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname><application>named-checkconf</application></refname>
    <refpurpose>named configuration file syntax checking tool</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>named-checkconf</command>
      <arg><option>-h</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-v</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-j</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-t <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg choice="req">filename</arg>
      <arg><option>-z</option></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
    <para><command>named-checkconf</command>
      checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named
      configuration file.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>OPTIONS</title>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-h</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Print the usage summary and exit.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-t <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Chroot to <filename>directory</filename> so that
            include
            directives in the configuration file are processed as if
            run by a similarly chrooted named.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-v</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Print the version of the <command>named-checkconf</command>
            program and exit.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-z</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
	    Perform a test load of all master zones found in
	    <filename>named.conf</filename>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-j</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>filename</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            The name of the configuration file to be checked.  If not
            specified, it defaults to <filename>/etc/named.conf</filename>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>RETURN VALUES</title>
    <para><command>named-checkconf</command>
      returns an exit status of 1 if
      errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
    <para><citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>named</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>named-checkzone</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>AUTHOR</title>
    <para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

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