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20 <refentry id="man.named-journalprint">
22 <date>December 04, 2009</date>
26 <refentrytitle><application>named-journalprint</application></refentrytitle>
27 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
28 <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
32 <refname><application>named-journalprint</application></refname>
33 <refpurpose>print zone journal in human-readable form</refpurpose>
40 <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
46 <command>named-journalprint</command>
47 <arg choice="req"><replaceable class="parameter">journal</replaceable></arg>
52 <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
54 <command>named-journalprint</command>
55 prints the contents of a zone journal file in a human-readable
59 Journal files are automatically created by <command>named</command>
60 when changes are made to dynamic zones (e.g., by
61 <command>nsupdate</command>). They record each addition
62 or deletion of a resource record, in binary format, allowing the
63 changes to be re-applied to the zone when the server is
64 restarted after a shutdown or crash. By default, the name of
65 the journal file is formed by appending the extension
66 <filename>.jnl</filename> to the name of the corresponding
70 <command>named-journalprint</command> converts the contents of a given
71 journal file into a human-readable text format. Each line begins
72 with "add" or "del", to indicate whether the record was added or
73 deleted, and continues with the resource record in master-file
79 <title>SEE ALSO</title>
82 <refentrytitle>named</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
85 <refentrytitle>nsupdate</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
87 <citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.
93 <para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>