System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (FNS and NIS+)

Dumping the Contents of an NIS+ Table to a File

To dump the contents of an NIS+ table into a file, use the - d and -t options. The -d options tells the command to dump, and the -t option specifies the NIS+ table:


rootmaster# nisaddent -d auto_home 
 -t auto_home.org_dir.doc.com. key-value 
rootmaster# nisaddent -d auto_home 
 -t auto_home.org_dir.doc.com.  key-value sales.doc.com.