named-checkconf(8) - Linux man page

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named-checkconf - named configuration file syntax checking tool

named-checkconf [-v] [-j] [-t directory] {filename} [-z]

named-checkconf checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named configuration file.

-t directory

chroot to directory so that include directives in the configuration file are processed as if run by a similarly chrooted named.
-v
Print the version of the named-checkconf program and exit.
-z
Perform a check load the master zonefiles found in named.conf.
-j
When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
filename: The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not specified, it defaults to /etc/named.conf.

named-checkconf returns an exit status of 1 if errors were detected and 0 otherwise.

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