osf1 man page for yppoll

yppoll(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 yppoll(8)

NAME
       yppoll - determine which version of a Network Information Service (NIS) map is at a master NIS server host

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

OPTIONS
       Ask  the  ypserv  process at host about the map parameters (order number and master server for the map).  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).	Use domain instead of the default domain.

DESCRIPTION
       The yppoll command asks a ypserv process for the domain, order number, and master NIS server (also known as map parameters) associated with
       the  named  map.  If  the server is a v.1 NIS protocol server, yppoll uses the older protocol to communicate with ypserv and uses the older
       diagnostic messages if a failure occurs.

SEE ALSO
       Commands: ypserv(8)

       Files: ypfiles(4)

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