named-checkconf(1)					      General Commands Manual						named-checkconf(1)

NAME

       named-checkconf - named configuration file syntax checking tool

SYNOPSIS

       directory] [configfile]

DESCRIPTION

       is a tool to check the syntax, but not the semantics, of the configuration file for

   Options
       When loading a zone file, read the journal if it exists.

       Change root to
		 directory so that directives in the configuration file are processed as if run by a similarly rooted (see chroot(2)).

       Print the version of the
		 program and exit.

       Perform a check on the loading of the master zone files found in
		 the configuration file.

   Operands
       configfile
		 The configuration file to be checked.	The default is

RETURN VALUE

       sets the exit status.

       Success.

       Errors were detected.

AUTHOR

       was developed by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC).

FILES

       Default configuration file.

SEE ALSO

       named(1M), chroot(2).

       Requests for Comments (RFC): 1035, available online at

       available online at

       available from the Internet Systems Consortium at

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