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1.1     ! root        1: .TH "XNSBFS" 1 "30-Dec-86" "Xerox (WRC)"
        !             2: .\" $Header: xnsbfs.n,v 1.1 87/01/15 16:47:37 ed Exp $
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: xnsbfs - Perform a broadcast for either Clearinghouse or Authentication 
        !             5: servers
        !             6: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             7: xnsbfs [options] xnshostaddress
        !             8: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             9: .I Xnsbfs
        !            10: performs a broadcast for servers request looking for either a Clearinghouse
        !            11: or Authentication server as determined by the 
        !            12: .I -a
        !            13: option. The broadcast is done via the Packet Exchange Protocol as specified 
        !            14: in either the
        !            15: .B "Clearinghouse Protocol"
        !            16: or
        !            17: .BR "Authentication Protocol" .
        !            18: The network addresses of all servers responding to the broadcast are written
        !            19: to
        !            20: .I stdout
        !            21: as they are received.
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: If no network address is specified, then the query is broadcast to all
        !            24: directly connected XNS networks. If an address is specified in
        !            25: .IR xnshostaddress ,
        !            26: the broadcast will be directed to that address.
        !            27: .PP
        !            28: The possible options are:
        !            29: .TP
        !            30: .BI -a
        !            31: Causes the broadcast to request Authentication servers rather than
        !            32: Clearinghouse servers.
        !            33: .SH NOTES
        !            34: Currently, only those servers responding within 3 seconds of the broadcast
        !            35: are considered to be available.
        !            36: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            37: CH_GetFirstCH(3N), Auth_GetFistAuth(3N)
        !            38: .br
        !            39: Clearinghouse Protocol, \s8XSIS\s0 048404 (April 1984)
        !            40: .br
        !            41: Authentication Protocol, \s8XSIS\s0 098404 (April 1984)
        !            42: .SH AUTHORS
        !            43: JQ Johnson

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