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-*- outline -*-
* December 3, 2003: Intial release

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definitions for scsh-yp.
If the installation directory of scsh-yp is in scsh's library path
scsh-yp load scsh-yp at start-up by
you can load scsh-yp at start-up by
scsh -lel scsh-yp-0.1/scheme/load-yp.scm
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This sections gives an brief overview on the functions provided by
the scsh-yp package. The man pages of the underlying yp_*()
function calls explain these functions in greater detail. Almost
all of the functions listed here have an optional parameter
DOMAIN that tells YP/NIS which YP/NIS domain you are referring to.
If this parameter is left out, the default domain will be used,
that is, the domain name that can be obtained with
all of the functions listed here have an optional parameter DOMAIN
that tells YP/NIS which YP/NIS domain you are referring to. If
this parameter is omitted, the default domain will be used, that
is, the domain name that can be obtained with
YP-GET-DEFAULT-DOMAIN.
(yp-get-default-domain) -> string
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yp-error condition.
(yp-match map key [domain]) -> list-of-strings
Returns the entries in map (a string) that match key (a string).
Returns the entries in MAP (a string) that match KEY (a string).
Make sure to use a full NIS/YP map name, e.g. "passwd.byname"
instead "passwd". May raise an yp-error condition.
instead of "passwd". May raise an yp-error condition.
(yp-order map [domain]) -> integer
Returns the order number of a MAP (a string). May raise an yp-error.
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|
| Error: yp-unknown-key
| 5
| (yp-match map "passwd.byname" key "knauel3" domain ---)
| (yp-match map "passwd.byname" key "klabautermann" domain ---)
| 1>
`----
* Caveats
There is only a synchronous high-level interface to YP/NIS, so,
call a yp_*() function causes to whole scsh and all scsh threads to
block. I hope to solve that problem in a future version of
scsh-yp.
There is only a synchronous high-level interface to YP/NIS, so
calling a yp_*() function causes scsh and all scsh threads to block.
I hope to solve that problem in a future version of scsh-yp.
* Bug reporting
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engage in a battle with automake and wrote the automake build
files.
Eric Knauel
Tübingen, December 2003
Eric Knauel
<knauel@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>
Tübingen, December 2003
Footnotes:
[1] <http://www.scsh.net/>