NAMED-CHECKZONE(8)NAMED-CHECKZONE(8)NAMEnamed-checkzone - zone file validity checking tool
SYNOPSISnamed-checkzone [ -d ] [ -j ] [ -q ] [ -v ] [ -c class ] zonename
filename
DESCRIPTIONnamed-checkzone checks the syntax and integrity of a zone file. It per‐
forms 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.
zonename
The domain name of the zone being checked.
filename
The name of the zone file.
RETURN VALUESnamed-checkzone returns an exit status of 1 if errors were detected and
0 otherwise.
SEE ALSOnamed(8), RFC 1035, BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual.
AUTHOR
Internet Systems Consortium
BIND9 June 13, 2000 NAMED-CHECKZONE(8)