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NAME
       named-checkzone - zone file validity checking tool

SYNOPSIS
       named-checkzone [-d] [-j] [-q] [-v] [-c class] [-k mode]
                       [-n mode] [-o filename] [-t directory]
                       [-w directory] [-D] {zonename} {filename}

DESCRIPTION
       named-checkzone checks the syntax and integrity of a zone
       file. It performs the same checks as named does when
       loading a zone. This makes named-checkzone useful for
       checking zone files before configuring them into a name
       server.

OPTIONS
       -d Enable debugging.

       -q Quiet mode - exit code only.

       -v Print the version of the named-checkzone program and
          exit.

       -j When loading the zone file read the journal if it
          exists.

       -c class
          Specify the class of the zone. If not specified "IN" is
          assumed.

       -k mode
          Perform "check-names" checks with the specified failure
          mode. Possible modes are "fail", "warn" (default) and
          "ignore".

       -n mode
          Specify whether NS records should be checked to see if
          they are addresses. Possible modes are "fail", "warn"
          (default) and "ignore".

       -o filename
          Write zone output to filename.

       -t directory
          chroot to directory so that include directives in the
          configuration file are processed as if run by a
          similarly chrooted named.

       -w directory
          chdir to directory so that relative filenames in master
          file $INCLUDE directives work. This is similar to the
          directory clause in named.conf.

       -D Dump zone file in canonical format.



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       zonename
          The domain name of the zone being checked.

       filename
          The name of the zone file.

RETURN VALUES
       named-checkzone returns an exit status of 1 if errors were
       detected and 0 otherwise.

SEE ALSO
       named(8), RFC 1035, BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual.

AUTHOR
       Internet Systems Consortium

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
       ("ISC")






































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