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- PROTOCOLS(5) UNIX Programmer's Manual PROTOCOLS(5)
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- NNAAMMEE
- pprroottooccoollss - protocol name data base
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- The pprroottooccoollss file contains information regarding the known protocols
- used in the DARPA Internet. For each protocol a single line should be
- present with the following information:
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- official protocol name
- protocol number
- aliases
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- Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. A
- ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of
- the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.
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- Protocol names may contain any printable character other than a field de-
- limiter, newline, or comment character.
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- FFIILLEESS
- /etc/protocols The pprroottooccoollss file resides in _/_e_t_c.
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- SSEEEE AALLSSOO
- getprotoent(3)
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- BBUUGGSS
- A name server should be used instead of a static file.
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- HHIISSTTOORRYY
- The pprroottooccoollss file format appeared in 4.2BSD.
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- 4.2 Berkeley Distribution June 5, 1993 1
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