---
name: "named-journalprint"
section: "8"
platform: "macos"
package: "bind9"
version: "65"
release: "macOS 26.5"
platforms: ["linux", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/named-journalprint/8"
---

# named-journalprint(8)

print zone journal in human-readable form

## NAME

named-journalprint - print zone journal in human-readable form

## SYNOPSIS

**named-journalprint** {*journal*}

## DESCRIPTION

**named-journalprint** prints the contents of a zone journal file in a human-readable form.

Journal files are automatically created by **named** when changes are made to dynamic zones (e.g., by **nsupdate**). They record each addition or deletion of a resource record, in binary format, allowing the changes to be re-applied to the zone when the server is restarted after a shutdown or crash. By default, the name of the journal file is formed by appending the extension .jnl to the name of the corresponding zone file.

**named-journalprint** converts the contents of a given journal file into a human-readable text format. Each line begins with "add" or "del", to indicate whether the record was added or deleted, and continues with the resource record in master-file format.

## SEE ALSO

[**named**(8)](/named/8.md), [**nsupdate**(1)](/nsupdate/1.md), BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual.

## AUTHOR

**Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.**

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2009, 2014-2017 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")\