System Administration Commands                       gettable(1M)



NAME
     gettable - get DoD Internet format host table from a host

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/gettable host


DESCRIPTION
     gettable is a simple program used to obtain the DoD Internet
     host  table from a "hostname" server. The specified  host is
     queried for the table. The  table  is  placed  in  the  file
     hosts.txt.


     gettable operates by opening a TCP connection  to  the  port
     indicated  in  the  service  specification for "hostname". A
     request is then made for all names and the resultant  infor-
     mation is placed in the output file.


     gettable is best used in  conjunction  with  the  htable(1M)
     program which converts the DoD Internet host table format to
     that used by the network library lookup routines.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWnisu                    
    


SEE ALSO
     htable(1M), attributes(5) Harrenstien, Ken, Mary Stahl,  and
     Elizabeth Feinler,  HOSTNAME Server, RFC 953, Network Infor-
     mation Center, SRI International,  Menlo  Park,  California,
     October 1985.

NOTES
     Should allow requests for only part of the database.










SunOS 5.11          Last change: 14 Sep 1992                    1