opensolaris man page for named-checkconf

named-checkconf(1M)					  System Administration Commands				       named-checkconf(1M)

NAME
       named-checkconf - named configuration file syntax checking tool

SYNOPSIS
       named-checkconf [-vjz] [-t directory] filename

DESCRIPTION
       The named-checkconf utility checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named configuration file.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -t directory    Change  the  root  directory to directory so that include directives in the configuration file are processed as if run by a
		       named configuration whose root directory has been similarly changed.

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

       -z	       Perform a test load of the master zones found in named.conf.

       -j	       When loading a zonefile, read the journal if it exists.

OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

       filename    The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not specified, it defaults to /etc/named.conf.

EXIT STATUS
       0    No errors were detected.

       1    An error was detected.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWbind			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       named(1M), attributes(5)

       BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual, available at the ISC web site.

SunOS 5.11							    24 Dec 2008 					       named-checkconf(1M)