Ok,..how about $INCLUDE (thanks)

[jeff donovan]

>
>  > eg
>>
>>  $INCLUDE	this.db
>>  $INCLUDE	/var/named/somedir/that.db
>>
>>  i tried this and it didn't work the way i wanted it to. Are there any
>>  special options to allow this?
>
>	No it works.   Don't forget that files are relative to the
>	directory option in named.conf/named.boot.  If you are running
>	under chroot then that applies to master files as well.
>
>	Mark

Thanks for your key word " relative ". once you said that it worked :)
$INCLUDE	  somedir/that.db

--jeff