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1.TH "GETHOSTIP" "1"
2.SH "NAME"
3gethostip \(em convert an IP address into various formats
4.SH "SYNOPSIS"
5.PP
6\fBgethostip\fR [\fB-dxnf\fP]  [\fB\fIHOSTNAME|IP\fR\fP]
7.SH "DESCRIPTION"
8.PP
9This manual page documents briefly the
10\fBgethostip\fR command.
11.PP
12The \fBgethostip\fR utility converts the given hostname or
13IP address into a variety formats.  It is provided by the syslinux
14package to make it easier to calculate the appropriate names for
15pxelinux configuration files.  These filenames can be the complete
16hexadecimal representation for a given IP address, or a partial
17hexadecimal representation to match a range of IP addresses.
18
19.SH "OPTIONS"
20.PP
21A summary of options is included below.
22.IP "\fB-d\fP" 10
23Output the IP address in decimal format.
24.IP "\fB-x\fP" 10
25Output the IP address in hexadecimal format.
26.IP "\fB-n\fP" 10
27Output the host's canonical name.
28.IP "\fB-f\fP" 10
29Full output.  Outputs the IP address in all supported formats.
30Same as \fB-xdn\fP.
31
32.SH "SEE ALSO"
33.PP
34\fBsyslinux\fR(1)
35
36.PP
37More details can be found in the pxelinux documentation, which
38can be found in
39\fB/usr/share/doc/syslinux/pxelinux.doc.gz\fP on
40\fBDebian GNU/Linux\fP systems.
41
42.SH "AUTHOR"
43.PP
44This manual page was compiled by dann frazier <dannf@debian.org> for
45the \fBDebian GNU/Linux\fP system (but may be used by others).
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