Sun Microsystems Sun Workstation 100U System Manager's Manual page 189

GETT ABLE ( 8C )
MAINTENANCE COMMANDS GETT ABLE (8C )
NAME
gettable - get NIC format host tables from a host
SYNOPSIS
/ete/settable
hOBt
DESCRIPTION
Gettable is a simple program used to obtain the NIC standard host tables from a "nicname"
server. The indicated
hOBt
is queried for the tables. The tables, if retrieved, are placed in the file
hOBtB.t:d.
Gettable 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.
Gettable is
best used in conjunction with the htable(8) program which converts the NIe standard
file format to that used by the network library lookup routines.
SEE ALSO
intro{3N), htable(8)
BUGS
Should allow requests for only part of the database.
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Last change: 4 March 1983
Sun Release 1.1