gettable

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                 gettable(1M)
 
 
 


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


SYNOPSIS
      /usr/sbin/gettable host
 


DESCRIPTION
      gettable is a simple program used to obtain the DoD Internet
      host  table from a "hostname" server. The specified  host is
      queried for the table.  The table  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.
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWnisu                    |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      htable(1M), attributes(5) Harrenstien, Ken, Mary Stahl,  and
      Elizabeth Feinler,  HOSTNAME Server, RFC 953, Network Infor-
      mation Center, SRI International,  Menlo  Park,  California,
      October 1985.
 


NOTES
      Should allow requests for only part of the database.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 14 Sep 1992                    1
 
 
 

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