An "rndc <domain> freeze" will consolidate the zone and remove the .jnl file, which should probably be followed rapidly with a "rndc <domain> thaw" command...
Even when the .jnl file is huge - I think that BIND writes out its concept of the zone from its memory - as a freeze runs very quickly. I guess the .jnl file is used to replay events to a "named" process that is restarted?? Would be nice if named did a freeze/thaw cycle on being terminated??? On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 17:00 +0800, Li Tongxi wrote: > Seems NO. Also, in my test, when the updates come in, I can see a lot of tmp > file and one .jnl file. And I didn't see the changes preserved in my zone > file. But the DNS works fine and the resolved IP is the updated one not the > one in zone file. Do we need do some config to make the update preserved in > the zone file? I'm using BIND9.3. > 2008/10/7 Jack Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I know how named uses the journal files and how data from those > > will eventually get written to the zone files. > > > > My question is: > > > > will named ever delete the .jnl files? > > For instance: > > > > updates come in, get stored in .jnl file. > > <some time later> those changes are preserved in the zone file. > > does named then delete the .jnl file? > > > > My empirical evidence leads me to believe that the answer is "no" > > but I certainly haven't tested every possibility. > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > Jack Tavares > > AIM: jackatavares > > SKYPE: jackandkaddee > > Reminder: I am at GMT+2, 10 hours AHEAD of Seattle. > > My workweek is Sunday-Thursday. > > Email sent to me Thursday afternoon (PST) may not be viewed until Sunday > > morning (GMT+2). > > > > > > > -- . . ___. .__ Posix Systems - Sth Africa. e.164 VOIP ready /| /| / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Mark J Elkins, Cisco CCIE / |/ |ARK \_/ /__ LKINS Tel: +27 12 807 0590 Cell: +27 82 601 0496
