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1 | .TH HTABLE 8 "4 March 1983" |
| 2 | .UC 4 | |
| 3 | .SH NAME | |
| 4 | htable \- convert NIC standard format host tables | |
| 5 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 6 | .B /etc/htable | |
| 7 | .I file | |
| 8 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 9 | .I Htable | |
| 10 | is used to convert host files in the format specified | |
| 11 | in Internet RFC 810 to the format used by the network | |
| 12 | library routines. Three files are created as a result | |
| 13 | of running | |
| 14 | .IR htable : | |
| 15 | .IR hosts , | |
| 16 | .IR networks , | |
| 17 | and | |
| 18 | .IR gateways . | |
| 19 | The | |
| 20 | .I hosts | |
| 21 | file is used by the | |
| 22 | .IR gethostent (3N) | |
| 23 | routines in mapping host names to addresses. | |
| 24 | The | |
| 25 | .I networks | |
| 26 | file is used by the | |
| 27 | .IR getnetent (3N) | |
| 28 | routines in mapping network names to numbers. | |
| 29 | The | |
| 30 | .I gateways | |
| 31 | file is used by the routing daemon | |
| 32 | in identifying ``passive'' Internet gateways; | |
| 33 | see | |
| 34 | .IR routed (8C) | |
| 35 | for an explanation. | |
| 36 | .PP | |
| 37 | If any of the files | |
| 38 | .IR localhosts , | |
| 39 | .IR localnetworks , | |
| 40 | or | |
| 41 | .I localgateways | |
| 42 | are present in the current directory, | |
| 43 | the file's contents is prepended to the | |
| 44 | output file without interpretation. This | |
| 45 | allows sites to maintain local aliases and | |
| 46 | entries which are not normally present in the | |
| 47 | master database. | |
| 48 | .PP | |
| 49 | .I Htable | |
| 50 | is best used in conjunction with the | |
| 51 | .IR gettable (8C) | |
| 52 | program which retrieves the NIC database from a host. | |
| 53 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 54 | intro(3N), | |
| 55 | gettable(8C) | |
| 56 | .SH BUGS | |
| 57 | Does not properly calculate the | |
| 58 | .I gateways | |
| 59 | file. |