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yppoll

YPPOLL(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						 YPPOLL(8)

NAME

     yppoll -- ask version of YP map from YP server

SYNOPSIS

     yppoll [-h host] [-d domain] mapname

DESCRIPTION

     The yppoll utility asks a YP server process for the order number and which host is the master server for mapname.

     The options are as follows:

     -h host
	     Ask the YP server process running on host for information about mapname.  If host is not specified, the server polled is the default
	     server returned by ypwhich(1).

     -d domain
	     Use the YP domain domain instead of the default domain as returned by domainname(1).

SEE ALSO

     domainname(1), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), ypwhich(1), yp(8), ypbind(8), ypset(8)

AUTHORS

     Theo De Raadt and
     John Brezak

BSD
								 October 25, 1994							       BSD

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