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  45 <h2>Name</h2>
  46 <p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> &#8212; named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
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  49 <h2>Synopsis</h2>
  50 <div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">named-checkconf</code>  [<code class="option">-h</code>] [<code class="option">-v</code>] [<code class="option">-j</code>] [<code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code>] {filename} [<code class="option">-z</code>]</p></div>
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  53 <a name="id2608653"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
  54 <p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
  55       checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named
  56       configuration file.
  57     </p>
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  60 <a name="id2608667"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
  61 <div class="variablelist"><dl>
  62 <dt><span class="term">-h</span></dt>
  63 <dd><p>
  64             Print the usage summary and exit.
  65           </p></dd>
  66 <dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
  67 <dd><p>
  68             Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that
  69             include
  70             directives in the configuration file are processed as if
  71             run by a similarly chrooted named.
  72           </p></dd>
  73 <dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt>
  74 <dd><p>
  75             Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
  76             program and exit.
  77           </p></dd>
  78 <dt><span class="term">-z</span></dt>
  79 <dd><p>
  80             Perform a test load of all master zones found in
  81             <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
  82           </p></dd>
  83 <dt><span class="term">-j</span></dt>
  84 <dd><p>
  85             When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
  86           </p></dd>
  87 <dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
  88 <dd><p>
  89             The name of the configuration file to be checked.  If not
  90             specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
  91           </p></dd>
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  94 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
  95 <a name="id2608784"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
  96 <p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
  97       returns an exit status of 1 if
  98       errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
  99     </p>
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 102 <a name="id2608797"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
 103 <p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
 104       <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>(8)</span>,
 105       <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
 106     </p>
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 109 <a name="id2608827"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
 110 <p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
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