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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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