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35.\" $FreeBSD$
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37.Dd October 25, 1994
38.Dt YPPOLL 8
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm yppoll
42.Nd ask version of YP map from YP server
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm
45.Op Fl h Ar host
46.Op Fl d Ar domain
47.Ar mapname
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51utility
52asks a YP server process for the order number and which host is the master
53server for
54.Ar mapname .
55.Pp
56The options are as follows:
57.Bl -tag -width indent
58.It Fl h Ar host
59Ask the YP server process running on
60.Ar host
61for information about
62.Ar mapname .
63If
64.Ar host
65is not specified, the server polled is the default server returned by
66.Xr ypwhich 1 .
67.It Fl d Ar domain
68Use the YP domain
69.Ar domain
70instead of the default domain as returned by
71.Xr domainname 1 .
72.El
73.Sh SEE ALSO
74.Xr domainname 1 ,
75.Xr ypcat 1 ,
76.Xr ypmatch 1 ,
77.Xr ypwhich 1 ,
78.Xr yp 8 ,
79.Xr ypbind 8 ,
80.Xr ypset 8
81.Sh AUTHORS
82.An Theo De Raadt
83and
84.An John Brezak
85