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1.1     ! root        1: .TH GETTABLE 8C "4 March 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: gettable \- get NIC format host tables from a host 
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /etc/gettable
        !             7: .I host
        !             8: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             9: .I Gettable
        !            10: is a simple program used to obtain the NIC standard
        !            11: host tables from a ``nicname'' server.  The indicated
        !            12: .I host
        !            13: is queried for the tables.  The tables, if retrieved,
        !            14: are placed in the file
        !            15: .IR hosts.txt .
        !            16: .PP
        !            17: .I Gettable
        !            18: operates by opening a TCP connection to the port indicated
        !            19: in the service specification for ``nicname''.  A request
        !            20: is then made for ``ALL'' names and the resultant information
        !            21: is placed in the output file.
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: .I Gettable
        !            24: is best used in conjunction with the
        !            25: .IR htable (8)
        !            26: program which converts the NIC standard file format to
        !            27: that used by the network library lookup routines.
        !            28: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            29: intro(3N),
        !            30: htable(8)
        !            31: .SH BUGS
        !            32: Should allow requests for only part of the database.

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