GETTABLE(8C-BSD)    RISC/os Reference Manual     GETTABLE(8C-BSD)



NAME
     gettable - get NIC format host tables from a host

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/gettable [ -v ] host [ outfile ]

DESCRIPTION
     gettable is a simple program used to obtain the NIC standard
     host tables from a ``nicname'' server.  The indicated host
     is queried for the tables.  The tables, if retrieved, are
     placed in the file outfile or by default, hosts.txt.

     The -v option will get just the version number instead of
     the complete host table and put the output in the file out-
     file or by default, hosts.ver.

     gettable operates by opening a TCP connection to the port
     indicated in the service specification for ``nicname''.  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(8C)
     program which converts the NIC standard file format to that
     used by the network library lookup routines.

SEE ALSO
     htable(8C), named(8).

BUGS
     If the name-domain system provided network name mapping well
     as host name mapping, gettable would no longer be needed.
























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