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named-checkconf(1)					    named-checkconf(1)

NAME
       named-checkconf - named configuration file syntax checking tool

SYNOPSIS
       directory] [configfile]

DESCRIPTION
       is a tool to check the syntax, but not the semantics, of the configura‐
       tion file for

   Options
       When loading a zone file, read the journal if it exists.

       Change root to
		 directory so that directives in the  configuration  file  are
		 processed as if run by a similarly rooted (see chroot(2)).

       Print the version of the
		 program and exit.

       Perform a check on the loading of the master zone files found in
		 the configuration file.

   Operands
       configfile
		 The configuration file to be checked.	The default is

RETURN VALUE
       sets the exit status.

       Success.

       Errors were detected.

AUTHOR
       was developed by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC).

FILES
       Default configuration file.

SEE ALSO
       named(1M), chroot(2).

       Requests for Comments (RFC): 1035, available online at

       available online at

       available from the Internet Systems Consortium at

				   BIND 9.3		    named-checkconf(1)

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