Bind-8 directory usage

[Kenneth W Cochran]

Hi,

Is there a way to "split" the directory that named (8.2.2p5) uses?

I'm wondering how feasible it would be to keep my "config"
things in /etc & "variable" things in /var; hopefully it would
make it easier to upgrade systems software, because all my
config things would be in /etc & it would lessen the things I'd
have to remember to preserve...  :)

For example:

Placing the "site config specific" config things (such as zone
files) in, say, /etc/named, but putting anything "downloaded"
(ie. secondaries) into /var/named.

Or is this just a Bad Idea(tm)?  :)

Thanks,

-kc