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.\"	$OpenBSD: ypxfr.8,v 1.5 1997/04/20 10:08:35 maja Exp $
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.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
Since the YP master transfers a map when it has changed, an YP slave should
check for missed maps regulary. This can be done via an entry in
.Xr crontab 5 .
The scripts
.Ar ypxfr_1perhour , ypxfr_2perday
and
.Ar ypxfr_1perday
could be used for that.
.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 FILES
.Bl -tag -width /usr/sbin/ypxfr_1perhour -compact
.It Pa /usr/sbin/ypxfr_1perhour
.It Pa /usr/sbin/ypxfr_2perday
.It Pa /usr/sbin/ypxfr_1perday
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr yp 8 ,
.Xr yppush 8 ,
.Xr ypserv 8 
.Sh AUTHOR
Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>