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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libnis.tex b/Doc/lib/libnis.tex deleted file mode 100644 index fe4acb5..0000000 --- a/Doc/lib/libnis.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,63 +0,0 @@ -\section{\module{nis} --- - Interface to Sun's NIS (Yellow Pages)} - -\declaremodule{extension}{nis} - \platform{Unix} -\moduleauthor{Fred Gansevles}{Fred.Gansevles@cs.utwente.nl} -\sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{moshez@zadka.site.co.il} -\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. - -The \module{nis} module defines the following functions: - -\begin{funcdesc}{match}{key, mapname[, domain=default_domain]} -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 (may contain \code{NULL} -and other joys). - -Note that \var{mapname} is first checked if it is an alias to another -name. - -\versionchanged[The \var{domain} argument allows to override -the NIS domain used for the lookup. If unspecified, lookup is in the -default NIS domain]{2.5} -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{cat}{mapname[, domain=default_domain]} -Return a dictionary mapping \var{key} to \var{value} such that -\code{match(\var{key}, \var{mapname})==\var{value}}. -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. - -\versionchanged[The \var{domain} argument allows to override -the NIS domain used for the lookup. If unspecified, lookup is in the -default NIS domain]{2.5} -\end{funcdesc} - - \begin{funcdesc}{maps}{[domain=default_domain]} -Return a list of all valid maps. - -\versionchanged[The \var{domain} argument allows to override -the NIS domain used for the lookup. If unspecified, lookup is in the -default NIS domain]{2.5} -\end{funcdesc} - - \begin{funcdesc}{get_default_domain}{} -Return the system default NIS domain. \versionadded{2.5} -\end{funcdesc} - -The \module{nis} module defines the following exception: - -\begin{excdesc}{error} -An error raised when a NIS function returns an error code. -\end{excdesc} |