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<h2>Name</h2>
<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> &#8212; named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
<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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<a name="id2609121"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
      checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named
      configuration file.
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<a name="id2609134"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
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<dt><span class="term">-h</span></dt>
<dd><p>
            Print the usage summary and exit.
          </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
<dd><p>
            Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that
            include
            directives in the configuration file are processed as if
            run by a similarly chrooted named.
          </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt>
<dd><p>
            Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
            program and exit.
          </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-z</span></dt>
<dd><p>
	    Perform a test load of all master zones found in
	    <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
          </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-j</span></dt>
<dd><p>
            When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
          </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
<dd><p>
            The name of the configuration file to be checked.  If not
            specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
          </p></dd>
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<a name="id2609319"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
      returns an exit status of 1 if
      errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
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<a name="id2609333"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
      <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>(8)</span>,
      <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
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<a name="id2609363"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
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