NAME

sig_named − send signals to the domain name server

SYNOPSIS

sig_named [-v] [debug [+] debug-level | dump | kill | restart | stats]

DESCRIPTION

sig_named sends the appropriate signal to the domain name server /usr/sbin/named.  The process ID is obtained from /var/run/named.pid or from ps(1) if /var/run/named.pid does not exist. 

Options

sig_named recognizes the following options and command-line arguments:

-v Verify that the name server is running before sending the signal.  The verification is done using ps (see ps(1)).

debug [+]debug-level
Set the debugging output sent to /var/tmp/named.run to debug-level. If debugging is already on, it is turned off before the debug level is set. If + precedes debug-level, the current debugging level is raised by the amount indicated. If debug-level is zero, debugging is turned off. 

dump Signal the name server to dump its database.  The database is dumped to /var/tmp/named_dump.db. 

kill Kill the name server process. 

restart Signal the name server to reload its database. 

stats Remove the old statistics file, /var/tmp/named.stats.  Signal the name server to dump its statistics.  Show the statistics file on the standard output. 

AUTHOR

sig_named was developed by HP. 

FILES

/var/run/named.pid Process ID

/var/tmp/named.run Debug output

/var/tmp/named_dump.db Dump of the name server database

/var/tmp/named.stats Nameserver statistics data

SEE ALSO

kill(1), named(1M). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 10.20:  July 1996