On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 at 13:14, Clem Cole wrote: > The SRI file was different format. There was a tool that fetched and > converted from the PDP-10 scheme to the UNIX scheme - gethtable(8) or > something like that. > ᐧ > ᐧ > gettable(8) and htable(8): GETTABLE(8C) GETTABLE(8C) NAME gettable - get NIC format host tables from a host SYNOPSIS /etc/gettable host DESCRIPTION Gettable is a simple program 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. Gettable 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. Gettable 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. SEE ALSO intro(3N), htable(8) BUGS Should allow requests for only part of the database. 4th Berkeley Distribution 4 March 1983 GETTABLE(8C) HTABLE(8) System Manager's Manual HTABLE(8) NAME htable - convert NIC standard format host tables SYNOPSIS /etc/htable file DESCRIPTION Htable is used to convert host files in the format specified in Inter- net RFC 810 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 gethostent(3N) routines in mapping host names to addresses. The networks file is used by the get- netent(3N) routines in mapping network names to numbers. The gateways file is used by the routing daemon in identifying ``passive'' Internet gateways; see routed(8C) for an explanation. 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(8C) program which retrieves the NIC database from a host. SEE ALSO intro(3N), gettable(8C) BUGS Does not properly calculate the gateways file. 4th Berkeley Distribution 4 March 1983 HTABLE(8) -Henry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: