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                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)gettable.8c 6.2 (Berkeley) 5/22/86
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH GETTABLE 8C "May 22, 1986"
                      8: .UC 5
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: gettable \- get NIC format host tables from a host 
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B /etc/gettable
                     13: [
                     14: .B \-v
                     15: ]
                     16: .I host
                     17: [ outfile ]
                     18: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     19: .I Gettable
                     20: is a simple program used to obtain the NIC standard
                     21: host tables from a ``nicname'' server.  The indicated
                     22: .I host
                     23: is queried for the tables.  The tables, if retrieved,
                     24: are placed in the file
                     25: .I outfile
                     26: or by default,
                     27: .IR hosts.txt .
                     28: .PP
                     29: The
                     30: .B \-v
                     31: option will get just the version number instead of the complete host table
                     32: and put the output in the file
                     33: .I outfile
                     34: or by default,
                     35: .IR hosts.ver .
                     36: .PP
                     37: .I Gettable
                     38: operates by opening a TCP connection to the port indicated
                     39: in the service specification for ``nicname''.  A request
                     40: is then made for ``ALL'' names and the resultant information
                     41: is placed in the output file.
                     42: .PP
                     43: .I Gettable
                     44: is best used in conjunction with the
                     45: .IR htable (8)
                     46: program which converts the NIC standard file format to
                     47: that used by the network library lookup routines.
                     48: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     49: intro(3N),
                     50: htable(8),
                     51: named(8)
                     52: .SH BUGS
                     53: If the name-domain system provided network name mapping well as host
                     54: name mapping,
                     55: .I gettable
                     56: would no longer be needed.

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