gettable.8c

<B>Digital的Unix操作系统VAX 4.2源码</B>

.\" SCCSID: @(#)gettable.8c	8.2	12/3/90
.TH gettable 8c "" "" Unsupported
.SH Name
gettable \- get NIC format host tables from a host 
.SH Syntax
.B /etc/gettable
.I host
.SH Description
.NXR "gettable program"
.NXA "gettable program" "htable program"
.NXR "NIC standard host tables" "getting"
The
.PN gettable
program is used to obtain the NIC standard
host tables from a ``nicname'' server.  The indicated
.I host
is queried for the tables.  The tables, if retrieved,
are placed in the file
.IR hosts.txt .
.PP
The
.PN gettable
program
operates by opening a TCP connection to the port indicated
in the service specification for ``nicname''.  A request
is then made for ``ALL'' names and the resultant information
is placed in the output file.
.PP
The
.PN gettable
program is best used in conjunction with the
.PN htable(8)
program which converts the NIC standard file format to
that used by the network library lookup routines.
.SH See Also
intro(3n),
htable(8)