What happens here? Perform a DNS Cleanup

[pingo]

Not much are said in the manual except that DNS is cleaned. But what happens. Is the content of a file wiped out or is this something that should be done from time to time? What if servers are having a trust relationship established? Would it then harm doing this. Sorry, but I haven't tried this function before and I've never been good guessing or reading between the lines.

Thanks
John

[dgbaker]

It looks at each zone file and ensures that there are no eroneous entries in it and fixes (cleans) them up if nessecary.

[georgiawebpro]

Any drawbacks to running this?
I'm scared to do it because WHM cautions you about it.

Are there any potential problems?

Terry

[RobertOnTheAir]

If the file is updated/modified while you are performing a cleanup, there could be issues.

Basically I think what happens is when you start a cleanup, the file is not able to be "locked". So if it's modified while a cleanup is in progress, ya could get some majorally funky results.

That's my take on it anyway.

[Website Rob]

There's really no drawbacks to running it, but there is a catch. If a Reseller is adding a new account or a Client is adding/deleting a Sub-domain/Add domain, it could cause a problem.

The bright side is that it (usually) takes less than 30 seconds to finish.

[georgiawebpro]

Thanks folks - I ran it without anything blowing up (I guess)

Terry