1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)gettable.8 6.5 (Berkeley) 03/16/91 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt GETTABLE 8 10.Os BSD 4.2 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm gettable 13.Nd get 14.Tn NIC 15format host tables from a host 16.Sh SYNOPSIS 17.Nm gettable 18.Op Fl v 19.Ar host 20.Op Ar outfile 21.Sh DESCRIPTION 22.Nm Gettable 23is a simple program used to obtain the 24.Tn NIC 25standard 26host tables from a 27.Dq nicname 28server. The indicated 29.Ar host 30is queried for the tables. The tables, if retrieved, 31are placed in the file 32.Ar outfile 33or by default, 34.Pa hosts.txt . 35.Pp 36Available option: 37.Bl -tag -width Ds 38.It Fl v 39Get just the version number instead of the complete host table 40and put the output in the file 41.Ar outfile 42or by default, 43.Pa hosts.ver . 44.El 45.Pp 46.Nm Gettable 47operates by opening a 48.Tn TCP 49connection to the port indicated 50in the service specification for ``nicname''. A request 51is then made for 52.Dq ALL 53names and the resultant information 54is placed in the output file. 55.Pp 56.Nm Gettable 57is best used in conjunction with the 58.Xr htable 8 59program which converts the 60.Tn NIC 61standard file format to 62that used by the network library lookup routines. 63.Sh SEE ALSO 64.Xr intro 3 , 65.Xr htable 8 , 66.Xr named 8 67.Sh BUGS 68If the name-domain system provided network name mapping well as host 69name mapping, 70.Nm gettable 71would no longer be needed. 72.Sh HISTORY 73The 74.Nm 75command appeared in 76.Bx 4.2 . 77