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GETTABLE(1M)							  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 information 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.

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

NOTES
       Should allow requests for only part of the database.

				 Sep 14, 1992			  GETTABLE(1M)

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