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31.Dd September 3, 2015
32.Dt YPPOLL 8
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm yppoll
36.Nd ask version of NIS map from NIS server
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm yppoll
39.Op Fl d Ar domain
40.Op Fl h Ar host
41.Ar mapname
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Nm
44asks a NIS server process for the order number and which host is the master
45server for
46.Ar mapname .
47.Pp
48The options are as follows:
49.Bl -tag -width Ds
50.It Fl d Ar domain
51Use the NIS domain
52.Ar domain
53instead of the default domain as returned by
54.Xr domainname 1 .
55.It Fl h Ar host
56Ask the NIS server process running on
57.Ar host
58for information about
59.Ar mapname .
60If
61.Ar host
62is not specified, the server polled is the default server returned by
63.Xr ypwhich 1 .
64.El
65.Sh SEE ALSO
66.Xr domainname 1 ,
67.Xr ypcat 1 ,
68.Xr ypmatch 1 ,
69.Xr ypwhich 1 ,
70.Xr yp 8 ,
71.Xr ypbind 8 ,
72.Xr ypset 8
73.Sh AUTHORS
74.An -nosplit
75.An Theo de Raadt
76and
77.An John Brezak
78