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NAME
     htable - convert DoD Internet format host table

SYNOPSIS
     htable filename

DESCRIPTION
     htable converts a host table in the format specified by  RFC
     952  to  the  format  used  by the network library routines.
     Three files are created  as  a  result  of  running  htable:
     hosts,  networks,  and  gateways.  The hosts file is used by
     the  gethostent(3N)  routines  in  mapping  host  names   to
     addresses.   The  networks file is used by the getnetent(3N)
     routines in mapping network names to numbers.  The  gateways
     file  is  used  by the routing daemon in identifying passive
     Internet gateways; see routed(1M) for an explanation.

     If any of the files localhosts, localnetworks, or localgate-
     ways  are  present in the current directory, the file's con-
     tents is prepended to the output  file  without  interpreta-
     tion.   This  allows  sites  to  maintain  local aliases and
     entries which are not normally present in the  master  data-
     base.

     htable is best used in  conjunction  with  the  gettable(1M)
     program  which  retrieves the DoD Internet host table from a
     host.

FILES
     localhosts
     localnetworks
     localgateways

SEE ALSO
     gethostent(3N), getnetent(3N), gettable(1M), routed(1M).

     Harrenstien, Ken, Mary Stahl,  and  Elizabeth  Feinler,  DoD
     Internet Host Table Specification, RFC 952, Network Informa-
     tion Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif.,  October
     1985.

NOTES
     Does not properly calculate the gateways file.












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