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.Dd Jun 14, 2000
.Dt NAMED-CHECKCONF 1
.ds vT BIND9 Programmer's Manual
.Sh NAME
.Nm named-checkconf
-.Nd Configuration file syntax checking tool.
+.Nd named configuration file syntax checking tool.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm named-checkconf
-.Op filename
+.Op Fl t Ar directory
+.Ar filename
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Pp
.Nm named-checkconf
-is a tool to check the syntax, but not sematics, of the configuration file
+checks the syntax, but not sematics, of the configuration file
for named.
.Pp
The options to
.It Ar filename
the name of the configuration file to be checked.
If not specified it defaults /etc/named.conf.
+.It Fl t
+chroot to
+.Ar directory
+so that include directives in the configuration
+file are processed as if run by a similarly chrooted
+named.
+.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Pp
.Nm named-checkconf
return a an exit status of 1 if errors were detected,
0 otherwise.
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr named 8 ,
-.Xr RFC1035 .
+.Xr named 8 .