.TH NBP 1 "17 Dec 1991" "netatalk 1.2"
.SH NAME
nbplkup, nbprgstr, nbpunrgstr \- access NBP database
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B nbplkup
[
.B -r
.I nresp
]
[
.I nbpname
]
.sp
.B nbprgstr
[
.B -p
.I port
]
.I nbpname
.sp
.B nbpunrgstr
.I nbpname
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B nbprgstr
registers
.I nbpname
with
.BR atalkd (8),
at the given
.IR port .
.B nbpunrgstr
informs
.B atalkd
that
.I nbpname
is no longer to be advertised.
.LP
.B nbplkup
displays up to
.I nresp
(default 1000) entities registered on the AppleTalk internet.
.I nbpname
is parsed by
.BR nbp_name (3).
An
.RB ` = '
for the
.I object
or
.I type
matches anything, and an
.RB ` * '
for
.I zone
means the local zone. The default values are taken from the
.B NBPLKUP
environment variable, parsed as an
.IR nbpname .
.SH EXAMPLE
Find all devices of type
.B LaserWriter
in the local zone.
.sp
.RS
.nf
example% nbplkup :LaserWriter
               Petoskey:LaserWriter        7942.129:218
             Gloucester:LaserWriter        8200.188:186
                 Rahway:LaserWriter        7942.2:138
             517 Center:LaserWriter        7942.2:132
                  ionia:LaserWriter        7942.2:136
     Evil DEC from Hell:LaserWriter        7942.2:130
              Hamtramck:LaserWriter        7942.2:134
         Iron Mountain :LaserWriter        7942.128:250
example%
.fi
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR nbp_name (3),
.\" .BR nbp (4),
.\" .BR zip (4),
.BR atalkd (8).