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htable - convert DoD Internet format host table
/usr/sbin/htable
filename
SUNWnisu
htable converts a host table
in the format specified by RFC
952 to the format used by the network library
routines. Three files are created as a result of running htable: hosts,
networks, and gateways. The hosts file is used by the gethostbyname(3N)
routines in mapping host names to addresses. The networks file is used
by the getnetbyname(3N)
routines in mapping network names to numbers. The
gateways file is used by the routing daemon to identify ‘passive’ Internet
gateways.
If any of the files localhosts, localnetworks, or localgateways
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.
htable is best used in conjunction with the gettable(1M)
program which
retrieves the DoD Internet host table from a host.
- localhosts
- localnetworks
- localgateways
-
gettable(1M)
, gethostbyname(3N)
, getnetbyname(3N)
Harrenstien, Ken, Mary Stahl, and Elizabeth Feinler, DoD Internet Host
Table Specification, RFC
952, Network Information Center, SRI
International,
Menlo Park, Calif., October 1985.
Does not properly calculate the gateways
file.
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