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nis_subr(3N) nis_subr(3N)

an array (using the dest parameter to nis_clone_object()) then the object cannot be freed with this

function. Instead, the function xdr_free(xdr_nis_object, dest) must be used.

nis_print_object() prints out the contents of a NIS+ object structure on the standard output. Its

primary use is for debugging NIS+ programs.

MULTITHREAD USAGE

Thread Safe: Yes

Cancel Safe: Yes

Fork Safe: No

Async-cancel Safe: No

Async-signal Safe: No

These functions can be called safely in a multithreaded environment. These functions may be thread can-

cellation points because they invoke functions that are thread cancellation points.

In a multithreaded environment, these functions are not safe to be called by a child process after fork()

and before exec(). These functions should not be called by a multithreaded application that support

asynchronous cancellationor asynchronous signals.

ENVIRONMENT

NIS_PATH This variable overrides the default NIS+ directory search path used by

nis_getnames(). It contains an ordered list of directories separated by ’:’ (colon) char-

acters. The ’$’ (dollar sign) character is treated specially. Directory names that end in ’$’

have the default domain appended to them, and a ’$’ by itself is replaced by the list of direc-

tories between the default domain and the global root that are at least two levels deep. The

default NIS+ directory search path is ’$’.

NOTES

nis_leaf_of(), nis_name_of()

and nis_clone_object() return their results as thread-

speciﬁc data in multithreaded applications.