Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual (G06.28+, H06.05+)

Administrator Commands and Files rpcinfo(8)
server is used only by TCP/IP nodes that do not run the OSS
environment or a UNIX operating system.)
6. The following example uses the TCP client protocol to request informa-
tion about the program identified as portmapper on the host
forty.tandem.com:
RPCINFO -t forty.tandem.com portmapper
In this example, the output shows the routing used for the request, in the
form of the IP address and host names for each node along the route, as
follows:
111.222.333.444 aardvark.tandem.com
111.222.555.666 (unknown)
program 100000 version 2 ready and waiting
FILES
$SYSTEM.SYSTEM.RPCINFO
The Guardian filename of the program file for the RPCINFO util-
ity.
$SYSTEM.ZRPC.RPC
The Guardian filename of the default RPC program definition file
for the HP NonStop server node. This file must be created by a
site administrator.
$SYSTEM.ZTCPIP.HOSTS
The Guardian filename of the default TCP/IP host definition file
for the HP NonStop server node. This file must be created by a
site administrator.
$SYSTEM.ZTCPIP.RESCONF
The Guardian filename of the default TCP/IP domain name
resolver configuration file for the HP NonStop server node. This
file must be created by a site administrator.
NOTES
The information reported for an RPC program on a node that is not an HP NonStop server might
vary slightly from the description in this reference page.
The Guardian RPCINFO program corresponds to the program that is located at /usr/etc/rpcinfo on
some UNIX systems.
DIAGNOSTICS
In response to user errors, RPCINFO terminates abnormally and issues the following diagnostic
messages:
Usage: rpcinfo -p [ -u | -t ] [ host ]
rpcinfo [ -n portnum ] -u host program [ version
]
rpcinfo [ -n portnum ] -t host program [ version
]
rpcinfo -b program version
rpcinfo -d program version
Indicates a syntax error or specification of an unrecognized
option.
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