| .TH "GETHOSTIP" "1" |
| .SH "NAME" |
| gethostip \(em convert an IP address into various formats |
| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| .PP |
| \fBgethostip\fR [\fB-dxnf\fP] [\fB\fIHOSTNAME|IP\fR\fP] |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| .PP |
| This manual page documents briefly the |
| \fBgethostip\fR command. |
| .PP |
| The \fBgethostip\fR utility converts the given hostname or |
| IP address into a variety formats. It is provided by the syslinux |
| package to make it easier to calculate the appropriate names for |
| pxelinux configuration files. These filenames can be the complete |
| hexadecimal representation for a given IP address, or a partial |
| hexadecimal representation to match a range of IP addresses. |
| |
| .SH "OPTIONS" |
| .PP |
| A summary of options is included below. |
| .IP "\fB-d\fP" 10 |
| Output the IP address in decimal format. |
| .IP "\fB-x\fP" 10 |
| Output the IP address in hexadecimal format. |
| .IP "\fB-n\fP" 10 |
| Output the host's canonical name. |
| .IP "\fB-f\fP" 10 |
| Full output. Outputs the IP address in all supported formats. |
| Same as \fB-xdn\fP. |
| |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .PP |
| \fBsyslinux\fR(1) |
| |
| .PP |
| More details can be found in the pxelinux documentation, which |
| can be found in |
| \fB/usr/share/doc/syslinux/pxelinux.doc.gz\fP on |
| \fBDebian GNU/Linux\fP systems. |
| |
| .SH "AUTHOR" |
| .PP |
| This manual page was compiled by dann frazier <dannf@debian.org> for |
| the \fBDebian GNU/Linux\fP system (but may be used by others). |
