2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat8/gettable.0

GETTABLE(8)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	      GETTABLE(8)


NAME
     gettable - get NIC format host tables from a host

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/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(8) pro-
     gram which converts the NIC standard file format to that
     used by the network library lookup routines.

SEE ALSO
     intro(3N), htable(8), named(8)

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


Printed 11/26/99	November 17, 1996			1