named.reload(8bind)

named.reload8bind

Cause the name server to synchronize its database

Overview

This command sends a SIGHUP to the running name server. This signal is documented in named(8).

Releases

Unchanged in 3 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz).

  1. 1.1–1.3

Bugs

Does not check to see if the name server is actually running, and could use a stale PID cache file which may result in the death of an unrelated process.

From bind 4.9.7-2 in Debian 1.3 (Bo). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.