Sun Microsystems Sun Workstation 100U System Manager's Manual page 193

HTABLE(8)
MAINTENANCE COMMANDS HTABLE(8)
NAME
htable - convert NIC standard format host tables
SYNOPSIS
/uar /ete/htable
file
DESCRIPTION
Htable
is
used to convert host files in the format specified in Internet RFC 810 to the format used
by the network library routines. Three files are created as a result of running htable: hosts, net·
works
J
and gatewa1ls. The hosts file is used by the gethostent{3N) routines in mapping host names
to addresses. The networks file is used by the getnetent{3N) routines in mapping network names
to numbers. The gGtewG1Is file is used by the routing daemon in identifying "passive" Internet
gateways; see routed(8C) for an explanation.
If any of the flies lOCGlho8t8, locGlnetworks, or loctligGtewtJYB are present in the current directory,
the file's contents is prepended to the output file without interpretation. This allows sites to
maintain local aliases and entries which are not normally present in the master database.
HtGble is best used in conjunction with the gettGble{8C) program which retrieves the NIC database
from a host.
SEE ALSO
intro(3N), gettable(8C)
BUGS
Does not properly calculate the gGtewa1ls file.
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Last change: 19 August 1983
Sun Release 1.1