named-checkzone [-d] [-j] [-q] [-v] [-c class] [-k mode] [-n mode] [-o filename] [-t directory] [-w directory] [-D] {zonename} {filename}
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.
Enable debugging.
Quiet mode - exit code only.
Print the version of the named-checkzone program and exit.
When loading the zone file read the journal if it exists.
Specify the class of the zone. If not specified "IN" is assumed.
Perform "check-name" checks with the specified failure mode. Possible modes are "fail", "warn" (default) and "ignore".
Specify whether NS records should be checked to see if they are addresses. Possible modes are "fail", "warn" (default) and "ignore".
Write zone output to directory.
chroot to directory so that include directives in the configuration file are processed as if run by a similarly chrooted named.
chdir to directory so that relative filenames in master file $INCLUDE directives work. This is similar to the directory clause in named.conf.
Dump zone file in canonical format.
The domain name of the zone being checked.
The name of the zone file.