htable(1M)

NAME

     htable - convert DoD Internet format host table

SYNOPSIS

     /usr/sbin/htable filename

DESCRIPTION

     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(3NSL)  routines  in  mapping  host  names   to
     addresses.     The    networks   file   is   used   by   the
     getnetbyname(3SOCKET) 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 localgate-
     ways  are  present in the current directory, the file's con-
     tents is prepended to the output  file  without  interpreta-
     tion.   This  allows  sites  to  maintain  local aliases and
     entries which are not normally present in the  master  data-
     base.

     htable is best used in  conjunction  with  the  gettable(1M)
     program  which  retrieves the DoD Internet host table from a
     host.

FILES

     localhosts

     localnetworks

     localgateways

ATTRIBUTES

     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWnisu                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO

     gettable(1M),  gethostbyname(3NSL),   getnetbyname(3SOCKET),
     attributes(5)  Harrenstien,  Ken,  Mary Stahl, and Elizabeth
     Feinler, DoD Internet Host  Table  Specification,  RFC  952,
     Network  Information  Center, SRI International, Menlo Park,
     California, October 1985.

NOTES

     htable does not properly calculate the gateways file.