NAME

gettable − get NIC format host tables from a host

USAGE

/etc/gettable host

DESCRIPTION

Gettable obtains the NIC standard host tables from a “nicname” server.  (“Nicname” is specified in the services specifications.)  The program requests the tables from the specified host. The tables are placed in the file hosts.txt.

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 information is placed in the output file. 

Gettable is best used in conjunction with the htable(8) program which converts the NIC standard file format to the format used by the network library look-up routines. 

NOTES

The program does not support requests for only part of the host tables. 

NOTE TO DOMAIN/IX USERS

This command is only useful in conjunction with the DOMAIN COM-ETHERNET product. 

Use gettable(8) to obtain the /sys/tcp/hostmap/hosts.txt file. 

RELATED INFORMATION

htable(8)
DOMAIN TCP/IP Reference Manual