June 13, 2000 named-checkzone 8 BIND9 named-checkzone zone file validity checking tool named-checkzone -d -q -c class 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. -d Enable debugging. -q Quiet mode - exit code only. -c class Specify the class of the zone. If not specified "IN" is assumed. zonename The domain name of the zone being checked. filename The name of the zone file. named-checkzone returns an exit status of 1 if errors were detected and 0 otherwise. named 8 , RFC 1035, BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual. Internet Software Consortium