A change to /etc/gettable 4.2bsd

[root]

> 	Recently I recieved several complaints from the adminstrator at the NIC
> in regards to too many ftp connections retreiving the host table . To help in 
> cutting down the number of times I pulled over a "new" host table , I modified
> the sources to /etc/gettable to allow a command to be sent to the "nicname" 
> server. The following commands are allowed. 

Why doesn't the NIC just post new host tables to net.sources?

	(Root Boy) Jim Cottrell		<rbj at cmr>
	"One man gathers what another man spills"