SYNOPSIS

       named-checkzone [-d] [-j] [-q] [-v] [-c class] [-k mode] [-n mode]
                       [-o filename] [-t directory] [-w directory] [-D]
                       {zonename} {filename}

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

       -d Enable debugging.

       -q Quiet mode - exit code only.

       -v Print the version of the named-checkzone program and exit.

       -j When loading the zone file read the journal if it exists.

       -c class
          Specify the class of the zone. If not specified "IN" is assumed.

       -k mode
          Perform "check-names" checks with the specified failure mode.
          Possible modes are "fail", "warn" (default) and "ignore".

       -n mode
          Specify whether NS records should be checked to see if they are
          addresses. Possible modes are "fail", "warn" (default) and "ignore".

       -o filename
          Write zone output to filename.

       -t directory
          chroot to directory so that include directives in the configuration
          file are processed as if run by a similarly chrooted named.

       -w directory
          chdir to directory so that relative filenames in master file
          $INCLUDE directives work. This is similar to the directory clause in
          named.conf.

       -D Dump zone file in canonical format.

       zonename
          The domain name of the zone being checked.

       filename
          The name of the zone file.

RETURN VALUES

BIND9                            June 13, 2000              NAMED-CHECKZONE(8)