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  22 ><TITLE
  23 >named-checkzone</TITLE
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  29 CLASS="REFENTRY"
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  35 ><H1
  36 ><A
  37 NAME="AEN1"
  38 ><SPAN
  39 CLASS="APPLICATION"
  40 >named-checkzone</SPAN
  41 ></A
  42 ></H1
  43 ><DIV
  44 CLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
  45 ><A
  46 NAME="AEN9"
  47 ></A
  48 ><H2
  49 >Name</H2
  50 ><SPAN
  51 CLASS="APPLICATION"
  52 >named-checkzone</SPAN
  53 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;zone file validity checking tool</DIV
  54 ><DIV
  55 CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
  56 ><A
  57 NAME="AEN13"
  58 ></A
  59 ><H2
  60 >Synopsis</H2
  61 ><P
  62 ><B
  63 CLASS="COMMAND"
  64 >named-checkzone</B
  65 >  [<TT
  66 CLASS="OPTION"
  67 >-d</TT
  68 >] [<TT
  69 CLASS="OPTION"
  70 >-j</TT
  71 >] [<TT
  72 CLASS="OPTION"
  73 >-q</TT
  74 >] [<TT
  75 CLASS="OPTION"
  76 >-v</TT
  77 >] [<TT
  78 CLASS="OPTION"
  79 >-c <TT
  80 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
  81 ><I
  82 >class</I
  83 ></TT
  84 ></TT
  85 >] {zonename} {filename}</P
  86 ></DIV
  87 ><DIV
  88 CLASS="REFSECT1"
  89 ><A
  90 NAME="AEN29"
  91 ></A
  92 ><H2
  93 >DESCRIPTION</H2
  94 ><P
  95 >        <B
  96 CLASS="COMMAND"
  97 >named-checkzone</B
  98 > checks the syntax and integrity of
  99         a zone file.  It performs the same checks as <B
 100 CLASS="COMMAND"
 101 >named</B
 102 >
 103         does when loading a zone.  This makes
 104         <B
 105 CLASS="COMMAND"
 106 >named-checkzone</B
 107 > useful for checking zone
 108         files before configuring them into a name server.
 109     </P
 110 ></DIV
 111 ><DIV
 112 CLASS="REFSECT1"
 113 ><A
 114 NAME="AEN35"
 115 ></A
 116 ><H2
 117 >OPTIONS</H2
 118 ><P
 119 ></P
 120 ><DIV
 121 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
 122 ><DL
 123 ><DT
 124 >-d</DT
 125 ><DD
 126 ><P
 127 >             Enable debugging.
 128           </P
 129 ></DD
 130 ><DT
 131 >-q</DT
 132 ><DD
 133 ><P
 134 >             Quiet mode - exit code only.
 135           </P
 136 ></DD
 137 ><DT
 138 >-v</DT
 139 ><DD
 140 ><P
 141 >             Print the version of the <B
 142 CLASS="COMMAND"
 143 >named-checkzone</B
 144 >
 145               program and exit.
 146           </P
 147 ></DD
 148 ><DT
 149 >-j</DT
 150 ><DD
 151 ><P
 152 >              When loading the zone file read the journal if it exists.
 153           </P
 154 ></DD
 155 ><DT
 156 >-c <TT
 157 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 158 ><I
 159 >class</I
 160 ></TT
 161 ></DT
 162 ><DD
 163 ><P
 164 >             Specify the class of the zone.  If not specified "IN" is assumed.
 165           </P
 166 ></DD
 167 ><DT
 168 >zonename</DT
 169 ><DD
 170 ><P
 171 >              The domain name of the zone being checked.
 172           </P
 173 ></DD
 174 ><DT
 175 >filename</DT
 176 ><DD
 177 ><P
 178 >              The name of the zone file.
 179           </P
 180 ></DD
 181 ></DL
 182 ></DIV
 183 ></DIV
 184 ><DIV
 185 CLASS="REFSECT1"
 186 ><A
 187 NAME="AEN68"
 188 ></A
 189 ><H2
 190 >RETURN VALUES</H2
 191 ><P
 192 >        <B
 193 CLASS="COMMAND"
 194 >named-checkzone</B
 195 > returns an exit status of 1 if
 196         errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
 197   </P
 198 ></DIV
 199 ><DIV
 200 CLASS="REFSECT1"
 201 ><A
 202 NAME="AEN72"
 203 ></A
 204 ><H2
 205 >SEE ALSO</H2
 206 ><P
 207 >      <SPAN
 208 CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
 209 ><SPAN
 210 CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
 211 >named</SPAN
 212 >(8)</SPAN
 213 >,
 214       <I
 215 CLASS="CITETITLE"
 216 >RFC 1035</I
 217 >,
 218       <I
 219 CLASS="CITETITLE"
 220 >BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</I
 221 >.
 222     </P
 223 ></DIV
 224 ><DIV
 225 CLASS="REFSECT1"
 226 ><A
 227 NAME="AEN80"
 228 ></A
 229 ><H2
 230 >AUTHOR</H2
 231 ><P
 232 >        Internet Systems Consortium
 233     </P
 234 ></DIV
 235 ></BODY
 236 ></HTML
 237 >