gettable(8c) — Unsupported
Name
gettable − get NIC format host tables from a host
Syntax
/etc/gettable host
Description
The gettable 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 gettable 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 gettable program is best used in conjunction with the htable(8) program which converts the NIC standard file format to that used by the network library lookup routines.