1htable(1M) System Administration Commands htable(1M)
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6 htable - convert DoD Internet format host table
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9 /usr/sbin/htable filename
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13 htable converts a host table in the format specified by RFC 952 to the
14 format used by the network library routines. Three files are created
15 as a result of running htable: hosts, networks, and gateways. The hosts
16 file is used by the gethostbyname(3NSL) routines in mapping host names
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18 routines in mapping network names to numbers. The gateways file is used
19 by the routing daemon to identify "passive" Internet gateways.
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22 If any of the files localhosts, localnetworks, or localgateways are
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25 local aliases and entries which are not normally present in the master
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29 htable is best used in conjunction with the gettable(1M) program which
30 retrieves the DoD Internet host table from a host.
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43 See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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48 ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
49 │ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
50 ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
51 │Availability │SUNWnisu │
52 └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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55 gettable(1M), gethostbyname(3NSL), getnetbyname(3SOCKET), attributes(5)
56 Harrenstien, Ken, Mary Stahl, and Elizabeth Feinler, DoD Internet Host
57 Table Specification, RFC 952, Network Information Center, SRI Interna‐
58 tional, Menlo Park, California, October 1985.
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61 htable does not properly calculate the gateways file.
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65SunOS 5.11 14 Sep 1992 htable(1M)