gettable(1M)     SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION COMMANDS      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  infor-
     mation 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,  HOST-
     NAME Server, RFC 953, Network Information Center, SRI Inter-
     national, Menlo Park, Calif., October 1985.

NOTES
     Should allow requests for only part of the database.

























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