hpux man page for yppoll

yppoll(1M)																yppoll(1M)

NAME
       yppoll - query NIS server for information about NIS map

SYNOPSIS
       host] domain] mapname

   Remarks
       The  Network  Information  Service  (NIS) was formerly known as Yellow Pages (YP).  Although the name has changed, the functionality of the
       service remains the same.

DESCRIPTION
       asks a Network Information Service (NIS) server process (see ypserv(1M)) to return the order number (the in seconds when the map was  built
       (see time(2)) and master NIS server's host name for a NIS database named mapname.  then writes them to standard output.

       See ypfiles(4) and ypserv(1M) for an overview of Network Information Service.

   Options
       Ask the	      process  on  host  to  return  the map information (see ypserv(1M)).  If is not specified, the host returned by is used (see
		      ypwhich(1)).

       Use	      domain instead of the domain returned by (see domainname(1)).

WARNINGS
       Starting with ONCplus version B.11.31.02, the NIS Version 1 protocol is no longer available.

AUTHOR
       was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

SEE ALSO
       domainname(1), ypwhich(1), ypserv(1M), ypfiles(4).

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