yppoll(1M)                                                yppoll(1M)


       NAME
             yppoll - return current version of the map at the NIS server
             host

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/sbin/yppoll [-d ypdomain] [-h host] mapname

       DESCRIPTION
             The yppoll command asks a ypserv(1M) process what the order
             number is, and which host is the master Network Information
             Service (NIS) server for the named map.

       USAGE
             yppoll takes the following options:

             -d ypdomain     Use ypdomain instead of the default domain.

             -h host         Ask the ypserv process at host about the map
                             parameters.  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).

       REFERENCES
             domainname(1M), ypserv(1M), ypwhich(1), ypfiles(4)























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