June 14, 2000 named-checkconf 8 BIND9 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. named 8 , BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual. Internet Systems Consortium