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                     18: .TH GETTABLE 8 "September 20, 1988"
                     19: .UC 5
                     20: .SH NAME
                     21: gettable \- get NIC format host tables from a host 
                     22: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     23: .B /etc/gettable
                     24: [
                     25: .B \-v
                     26: ]
                     27: .I host
                     28: [ outfile ]
                     29: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     30: .I Gettable
                     31: is a simple program used to obtain the NIC standard
                     32: host tables from a ``nicname'' server.  The indicated
                     33: .I host
                     34: is queried for the tables.  The tables, if retrieved,
                     35: are placed in the file
                     36: .I outfile
                     37: or by default,
                     38: .IR hosts.txt .
                     39: .PP
                     40: The
                     41: .B \-v
                     42: option will get just the version number instead of the complete host table
                     43: and put the output in the file
                     44: .I outfile
                     45: or by default,
                     46: .IR hosts.ver .
                     47: .PP
                     48: .I Gettable
                     49: operates by opening a TCP connection to the port indicated
                     50: in the service specification for ``nicname''.  A request
                     51: is then made for ``ALL'' names and the resultant information
                     52: is placed in the output file.
                     53: .PP
                     54: .I Gettable
                     55: is best used in conjunction with the
                     56: .IR htable (8)
                     57: program which converts the NIC standard file format to
                     58: that used by the network library lookup routines.
                     59: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     60: intro(3), htable(8), named(8)
                     61: .SH BUGS
                     62: If the name-domain system provided network name mapping well as host
                     63: name mapping,
                     64: .I gettable
                     65: would no longer be needed.

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