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<refentry>
  <refentryinfo>
    <date>June 13, 2000</date>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle><application>named-checkzone</application></refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname><application>named-checkzone</application></refname>
    <refpurpose>zone file validity checking tool</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>named-checkzone</command>
      <arg><option>-d</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-j</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-q</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-v</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-k <replaceable class="parameter">mode</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-n <replaceable class="parameter">mode</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-o <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-t <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-w <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-D</option></arg>
      <arg choice="req">zonename</arg>
      <arg choice="req">filename</arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
    <para>
        <command>named-checkzone</command> checks the syntax and integrity of
	a zone file.  It performs the same checks as <command>named</command>
	does when loading a zone.  This makes
	<command>named-checkzone</command> useful for checking zone
	files before configuring them into a name server.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>OPTIONS</title>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-d</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	      Enable debugging.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-q</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	      Quiet mode - exit code only.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-v</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	      Print the version of the <command>named-checkzone</command>
	      program and exit.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-j</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
              When loading the zone file read the journal if it exists.
          </para>   
        </listitem>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	      Specify the class of the zone.  If not specified "IN" is assumed.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-k <replaceable class="parameter">mode</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	      Perform <command>"check-name"</command> checks with the specified failure mode.
	      Possible modes are <command>"fail"</command>,
	      <command>"warn"</command> (default) and
	      <command>"ignore"</command>.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-n <replaceable class="parameter">mode</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	      Specify whether NS records should be checked to see if they
	      are addresses.  Possible modes are <command>"fail"</command>,
	      <command>"warn"</command> (default) and
	      <command>"ignore"</command>.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-o <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
	      Write zone output to <filename>directory</filename>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-t <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
              chroot to <filename>directory</filename> so that include
              directives in the configuration file are processed as if
              run by a similarly chrooted named.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-w <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
              chdir to <filename>directory</filename> so that relative
	      filenames in master file $INCLUDE directives work.  This
	      is similar to the directory clause in
	      <filename>named.conf</filename>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-D</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	      Dump zone file in canonical format.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>zonename</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       The domain name of the zone being checked.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>filename</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       The name of the zone file.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>RETURN VALUES</title>
    <para>
        <command>named-checkzone</command> returns an exit status of 1 if
	errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
    <para>
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>named</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citetitle>RFC 1035</citetitle>,
      <citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>AUTHOR</title>
    <para>
        <corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>

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