named-checkzone(1Mtcp)

named-checkzone -- Zone validity checking tool

SYNOPSIS

named-checkzone -dq -c class zone filename

named-checkzone is a tool for performing integrity checks on a zones contents. It uses the same integrity checks as named.

The options to named-checkzone are as follows:

-d: enable debugging.
-q: quiet mode - exit code only.
-c class: specify the class of the zone. If not specified, "IN" is assumed.
zone: the name of the zone being loaded.
filename: the name of the file containing the zone. If not specified it defaults to the zone name.

named-checkzone return a an exit status of 1 if errors were detected, 0 otherwise.