Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (MPE/iX 6.5)

212 AppendixC
BIND 8.1 Enhanced Features
BIND 8 Highlights
Definition and Use
The options statement sets up global options to be used by BIND. This
statement may appear at only once in a configuration file; if more than
one occurrence is found, the first occurrence determines the actual
options used, and a warning will be generated. If there is no options
statement, an options block with each option set to its default will be
used.
Pathnames directory The working directory of the server.
Any non-absolute pathnames in the
configuration file will be taken as
relative to this directory. The default
location for most server output files, for
example, “named.run” is this directory.
If a directory is not specified, the
working directory defaults to “.”, the
directory from which the server was
started. The directory specified should
be an absolute path.
named-xfer The pathname to the named-xfer
program that the server uses for
inbound zone transfers. If not specified,
the default is system dependent for
example, “/usr/sbin/named-xfer”.
dump-file The pathname of the file the server
dumps the database to when it receives
SIGINT signal (ndc dumpdb). If not
specified, the default is
“named_dump.db”.
memstatistics-file The pathname of the file the server
writes memory usage statistics to on
exit, if deallocate-on-exit is yes. If
not specified, the default is
“named.memstats”.
pid-file The pathname of the file the server
writes its process ID in. If not specified,
the default is operating system
dependent, but is usually
“/var/run/named.pid” or
“/etc/named.pid”. The pid-file is used
by programs like “ndc” that want to
send signals to the running
nameserver.
statistics-file The pathname of the file the server
appends statistics to when it receives
SIGILL signal (ndc stats). If not