DNS BIND Periodic (Time controlled) Statements

This section describes all the statements available in BIND 9.x relating to 
Periodic (Time controlled) operations. NOTE: All the time values are in MINUTES.
The full list of statements.



cleaning-interval

cleaning-interval minutes;

cleaning-interval defines the time in MINUTES when all expired records will be 
deleted. The default is 60 (1 hour), if specified as 0 NO cleaning will be 
performed. The maximum value is 40320 (28 days). This statement may be used in 
a view or a global options clause.



heartbeat-interval

heartbeat-interval minutes;

heartbeat-interval defines the time in MINUTES when zones marked as dialup are 
updated. The default is 60 (1 hour), if specified as 0 NO updating will be 
performed. The maximum value is 40320 (28 days). This statement may be used in 
a view or a global options clause.



interface-interval

interface-interval minutes;

interface-interval defines the time in MINUTES when scan all interfaces on the 
server and will begin to listen on new interfaces (assuming they are not 
prevented by a listen-on option) and stop listening on interfaces which no 
longer exist. The default is 60 (1 hour), if specified as 0 NO interface scan 
will be performed. The maximum value is 40320 (28 days). This option may only be
 specified in a 'global' options statement.



statistcs-interval

statistics-interval number;

statistics-interval is NOT YET IMPLEMENTED IN BIND 9.

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