.\" $NetBSD: ypxfr.8,v 1.1.1.1 1996/08/09 10:15:06 thorpej Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1994 Mats O Jansson .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software .\" must display the following acknowledgement: .\" This product includes software developed by Mats O Jansson .\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products .\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS .\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED .\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY .\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd August 18, 1994 .Dt YPXFR 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ypxfr .Nd get a YP map from YP server .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm ypxfr .Op Fl bcf .Op Fl d Ar domain .Op Fl h Ar host .Op Fl s Ar domain .Op Fl C Ar tid prog ipadd port .Ar mapname .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm ypxfr is the utiliy in YP that transfers maps to the local host. .Pp .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl b Preserve the entry in the database informing a YP server to use DNS to get information about unknown hosts. This option will only have effect on the two maps hosts.byname and hosts.byaddr. .It Fl c Don't send a "Clear current map" to local ypserv process. Useful if ypserv isn't running localy to avoid timeout message. .It Fl f Force map transfer, even if version of master is older than local copy. .It Fl d Ar domain Don't use default domain, use the specifiyed domain. .It Fl h Ar host Get map from host insteed of the maps master host. .It Fl s Ar domain Specify a source domain other than the target domain. .It Fl C Ar tid prog ipadd port This option is only used by ypserv. This is to open communication with an yppush on another host. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr yp 8 , .Xr yppush 8 , .Xr ypserv 8 .Sh AUTHOR Mats O Jansson