hpux man page for sig_named

sig_named(1M)															     sig_named(1M)

NAME
       sig_named - send signals to the domain name server

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       sends the appropriate signal to the domain name server The process ID is obtained from or from the command (see ps(1)) if does not exist.

   Operands
       recognizes the following operands:

	      Kill the name server process.

	      Signal the name server to reload its database.

   Previous Functionality
       The  command  shipped  with earlier versions of BIND was used to dump the database, to set debug levels, and to obtain statistics.  You can
       use the utility for that purpose instead.  See rndc(1).

AUTHOR
       was developed by HP.

FILES
       Process ID

SEE ALSO
       kill(1), ps(1), rndc(1), named(1M), rndc.conf(4).

       available online at

       available from the Internet Systems Consortium at

								     BIND 9.3							     sig_named(1M)