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1.1     ! root        1: .TH HTABLE 8 "4 March 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: htable \- convert NIC standard format host tables
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /etc/htable
        !             7: .I file
        !             8: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             9: .I Htable
        !            10: is used to convert host files in the format specified
        !            11: in Internet RFC 810 to the format used by the network
        !            12: library routines.  Three files are created as a result
        !            13: of running 
        !            14: .IR htable :
        !            15: .IR hosts ,
        !            16: .IR networks ,
        !            17: and
        !            18: .IR gateways .
        !            19: The 
        !            20: .I hosts
        !            21: file is used by the 
        !            22: .IR gethostent (3N)
        !            23: routines in mapping host names to addresses.
        !            24: The
        !            25: .I networks
        !            26: file is used by the
        !            27: .IR getnetent (3N)
        !            28: routines in mapping network names to numbers.
        !            29: The
        !            30: .I gateways
        !            31: file is used by the routing daemon
        !            32: in identifying ``passive'' Internet gateways;
        !            33: see
        !            34: .IR routed (8C)
        !            35: for an explanation.
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: If any of the files
        !            38: .IR localhosts ,
        !            39: .IR localnetworks ,
        !            40: or
        !            41: .I localgateways
        !            42: are present in the current directory,
        !            43: the file's contents is prepended to the
        !            44: output file without interpretation.  This
        !            45: allows sites to maintain local aliases and
        !            46: entries which are not normally present in the
        !            47: master database.
        !            48: .PP
        !            49: .I Htable
        !            50: is best used in conjunction with the
        !            51: .IR gettable (8C)
        !            52: program which retrieves the NIC database from a host.
        !            53: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            54: intro(3N),
        !            55: gettable(8C)
        !            56: .SH BUGS
        !            57: Does not properly calculate the
        !            58: .I gateways
        !            59: file.

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