test of the nis module
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_nis.py b/Lib/test/test_nis.py
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+import nis
+
+verbose = 0
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ verbose = 1
+
+maps = nis.maps()
+for nismap in maps:
+ if verbose:
+ print nismap
+ mapping = nis.cat(nismap)
+ for k, v in mapping.items():
+ if verbose:
+ print ' ', k, v
+ if not k:
+ continue
+ if nis.match(k, nismap) <> v:
+ print "NIS match failed for key `%s' in map `%s'" % (k, nismap)
+