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.TH named-checkconf 8 "19 Oct 2015" "SunOS 5.12" "System Administration Commands"
.SH NAME
named-checkconf \- named configuration file syntax checking tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBnamed-checkconf\fR [\fB-hjvz\fR] [\fB-t\fR \fIdirectory\fR] \fIfilename\fR
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBnamed-checkconf\fR utility checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a specified configuration file.
.SH OPTIONS
.sp
.LP
The following options are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-h\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Display the usage summary and exit.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-j\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
When loading a zonefile, read the journal if it exists.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-t\fR \fIdirectory\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Change the root directory to \fIdirectory\fR so that include directives in the configuration file are processed as if run by a named configuration whose root directory has been similarly changed.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-v\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Print the version of the \fBnamed-checkconf\fR program and exit.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-z\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Perform a test load of the master zones found in \fBnamed.conf\fR.
.RE

.SH OPERANDS
.sp
.LP
The following operands are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIfilename\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not specified, it defaults to \fB/etc/named.conf\fR.
.RE

.SH EXIT STATUS
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
No errors were detected.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB1\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
An error was detected.
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Availabilityservice/network/dns/bind
_
Interface StabilityVolatile
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBnamed\fR(8), \fBnamed-checkzone\fR(8), \fBattributes\fR(5)
.sp
.LP
See the BIND 9 \fIAdministrator's Reference Manual\fR. As of the date of publication of this man page, this document is available at https://www.isc.org/software/bind/documentation\&.