gettable(1M)                     (TCP/IP)                      gettable(1M)


   NAME
         gettable - get DoD Internet format host table from a host

   SYNOPSIS
         gettable host

   DESCRIPTION
         gettable is a simple program used to obtain the DoD Internet host
         table from a hostname server.  The indicated host is queried for the
         table.  The table, if retrieved, is placed in the file hosts.txt.

         gettable operates by opening a TCP connection to the port indicated
         in the service specification for hostname.  A request is then made
         for all names and the resultant information is placed in the output
         file.

         gettable is best used in conjunction with the htable(1M) program
         which converts the DoD Internet host table format to that used by the
         network library lookup routines.

   SEE ALSO
         htable(1M)

         Harrenstien, Ken, Mary Stahl, and Elizabeth Feinler, HOSTNAME Server,
         RFC 953, Network Information Center, SRI International, Menlo Park,
         Calif., October 1985.

   NOTES
         Should allow requests for only part of the database.
























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