.\" @(#)portmap.8c 2.2 88/08/03 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.10 88/03/14 SMI
.TH PORTMAP 8C "9 September 1987"
portmap \- DARPA port to RPC program number mapper
.IX "portmap command" "" "\fLportmap\fP \(em DARPA to RPC mapper"
.IX DARPA "to RPC mapper \(em \fLportmap\fP"
is a server that converts
It must be running in order to make
server is started, it will tell
what port number it is listening to, and what
program numbers it is prepared to serve.
When a client wishes to make an
call to a given program number,
on the server machine to determine
crashes, all servers must be restarted.