gettable(1M)           UNIX System V(Internet Utilities)           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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