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sig_named(1M)							 sig_named(1M)

NAME
       sig_named - send signals to the domain name server

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       sends  the  appropriate signal to the domain name server The process ID
       is obtained from or from the command (see ps(1)) if does not exist.

   Operands
       recognizes the following operands:

	      Kill the name server process.

	      Signal the name server to reload its database.

   Previous Functionality
       The command shipped with earlier versions of BIND was used to dump  the
       database,  to  set debug levels, and to obtain statistics.  You can use
       the utility for that purpose instead.  See rndc(1).

AUTHOR
       was developed by HP.

FILES
       Process ID

SEE ALSO
       kill(1), ps(1), rndc(1), named(1M), rndc.conf(4).

       available online at

       available from the Internet Systems Consortium at

				   BIND 9.3			 sig_named(1M)

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