Alexander Dalloz wrote: >Those files aren't created automatically. The options settings only tell >bind where to store them. Run > >rndc stats >rndc dumpdb > > Thanks, I was afraid I was missing something. I could not find much on them Googling. The named_stats.txt file contents seem obvious and while there is a "rndc dumpdb" I don't see a corresponding "rndc loaddb"? So there seems to be no way to use the cache dump snapshot for a backup purpose. Therefore, what purpose does the cache_dump.db file serve? -- Paul (ganci at nurdog.com)