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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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