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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libnis.tex b/Doc/lib/libnis.tex index 14f47f0..1d52868 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libnis.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libnis.tex @@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ \platform{UNIX} \moduleauthor{Fred Gansevles}{Fred.Gansevles@cs.utwente.nl} \sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{moshez@zadka.site.co.il} -\modulesynopsis{Interface to Sun's NIS (a.k.a. Yellow Pages) library.} +\modulesynopsis{Interface to Sun's NIS (Yellow Pages) library.} The \module{nis} module gives a thin wrapper around the NIS library, useful for central administration of several hosts. Because NIS exists only on \UNIX{} systems, this module is -only available for \UNIX{}. +only available for \UNIX. The \module{nis} module defines the following functions: @@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ The \module{nis} module defines the following functions: Return the match for \var{key} in map \var{mapname}, or raise an error (\exception{nis.error}) if there is none. Both should be strings, \var{key} is 8-bit clean. -Return value is an arbitrary array of bytes (i.e., may contain \code{NULL} +Return value is an arbitrary array of bytes (may contain \code{NULL} and other joys). -Note that \var{mapname} is first checked if it is an alias to another name. +Note that \var{mapname} is first checked if it is an alias to another +name. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{cat}{mapname} @@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ Return a dictionary mapping \var{key} to \var{value} such that Note that both keys and values of the dictionary are arbitrary arrays of bytes. -Note that \var{mapname} is first checked if it is an alias to another name. +Note that \var{mapname} is first checked if it is an alias to another +name. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{maps}{} |