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.TH DPNS-PING 1 "$Date: 2007/05/09 06:38:31 $" DPNS "DPNS Administrator Commands"
.SH NAME
dpns-ping \- check if name server is alive and print its version number
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dpns-ping
[
.BI -h " server"
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B dpns-ping
checks if the name server is alive and prints its version number.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI -h " server"
specify the name server hostname.
This can also be set thru the DPNS_HOST environment variable.
.SH EXIT STATUS
This program returns 0 if the operation was successful or >0 if the operation
failed.