NAME

       named-journalprint - print zone journal in human-readable form

SYNOPSIS

       named-journalprint [-dux] {journal}

DESCRIPTION

       named-journalprint  scans  the  contents  of  a  zone  journal  file,  printing  it  in  a
       human-readable form, or, optionally, converting it to a different journal file format.

       Journal files are automatically created by named when changes are made  to  dynamic  zones
       (e.g., by nsupdate). They record each addition or deletion of a resource record, in binary
       format, allowing the changes to be re-applied to the zone when  the  server  is  restarted
       after a shutdown or crash. By default, the name of the journal file is formed by appending
       the extension .jnl to the name of the corresponding zone file.

       named-journalprint converts the contents of a given journal  file  into  a  human-readable
       text format. Each line begins with add or del, to indicate whether the record was added or
       deleted, and continues with the resource record in master-file format.

       The -x option causes additional data about the journal file to be printed at the beginning
       of the output and before each group of changes.

       The  -u  (upgrade)  and  -d  (downgrade) options recreate the journal file with a modified
       format version.  The existing journal file is replaced.  -d writes out the journal in  the
       format  used  by  versions  of  BIND up to 9.16.11; -u writes it out in the format used by
       versions since 9.16.13. (9.16.12 is omitted  due  to  a  journal-formatting  bug  in  that
       release.) Note that these options must not be used while named is running.

SEE ALSO

       named(8), nsupdate(1), BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual.

AUTHOR

       Internet Systems Consortium

COPYRIGHT

       2021, Internet Systems Consortium