ultrix man page for gettable

gettable(8c)							    Unsupported 						      gettable(8c)

Name
       gettable - get NIC format host tables from a host

Syntax
       /etc/gettable host

Description
       The  program  is used to obtain the NIC standard host tables from a ``nicname'' server.	The indicated host is queried for the tables.  The
       tables, if retrieved, are placed in the file hosts.txt.

       The 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.

       The  program  is  best used in conjunction with the program which converts the NIC standard file format to that used by the network library
       lookup routines.

See Also
       intro(3n), htable(8)

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