2.14.1 Problem
You want to break a zone into multiple data files, possibly to organize the large number of resource records logically.
2.14.2 Solution
Use the $INCLUDE control statement in your top-level zone data file, which interpolates the contents of another file. For example, to include the contents of the file db.foo.example.hosts into the data file for the zone foo.example, you could use this $INCLUDE control statement:
$INCLUDE db.foo.example.hosts
2.14.3 Discussion
The origin in the included file is, by default, the same as the origin in the file that includes it. If you'd like to change the origin in the included file, specify the new origin as the second argument to the $INCLUDE control statement:
$INCLUDE db.subdomain.foo.example.hosts subdomain.foo.example
On the line after the $INCLUDE statement, the origin reverts to its previous setting.
2.14.4 See Also
Section 2.9, which explains how to create a subdomain within the same zone.
Getting Started
Zone Data
BIND Name Server Configuration
Electronic Mail
BIND Name Server Operations
Delegation and Registration
Security
Interoperability and Upgrading
Resolvers and Programming
Logging and Troubleshooting
IPv6