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yppoll

yppoll(1M)						  System Administration Commands						yppoll(1M)

NAME

       yppoll - return current version of a NIS map at a NIS server host

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/yppoll [-d ypdomain] [-h host] mapname

DESCRIPTION

       The yppoll command asks a ypserv() process what the order number is, and which host is the master NIS server for the named map.

OPTIONS

       -d ypdomain    Use ypdomain instead of the default domain.

       -h host	      Ask  the	ypserv	process  at  host about the map parameters. If host is not specified, the NIS server for the local host is
		      used. That is, the default host is the one returned by ypwhich(1).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWnisu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ypwhich(1), ypfiles(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    14 Sep 1992 							yppoll(1M)