YPPOLL(8)               COMMAND REFERENCE               YPPOLL(8)



NAME
     yppoll - what version of a Yellow Pages map is at a YP
     server host

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/etc/yp/yppoll [ -h host ] [ -d domain ] mapname

DESCRIPTION
     The command yppoll asks a ypserv process what the order
     number is, and which host is the master Yellow Pages (YP)
     server for the named map.  If the server is a version 1 YP
     protocol server, yppoll uses the older protocol to
     communciate with it; in this case, yppoll also uses the
     older diagnostic messages in case of failure.

OPTIONS
     -h host             Ask the ypserv process at host about the
                         map parameters.  If host isn't
                         specified, the YP server for the local
                         host is used.  That is, the default host
                         is the one returned by ypwhich(8).

     -d domain           Use domain instead of the default
                         domain.

CAVEATS
     Unfortunately, yppoll does not know how to translate map
     nicknames, as do ypwhich, ypcat, and ypmatch; therefore, the
     command

          yppoll hosts

     produces an error message, whereas the command

          yppoll hosts.byaddr

     gives the desire output.

SEE ALSO
     ypfiles(5), ypserv(8).















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na:288,123;
sy:411,402;
de:813,671;
op:1484,600;
ca:2084,489;
se:2573,149;
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