PROTOCOLS
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BSD 4.2
NAME
protocols
- protocol name data base
DESCRIPTION
The
protocols
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:
official protocol name
protocol number
aliases
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.
Protocol names may contain any printable
character other than a field delimiter, newline,
or comment character.
FILES
- /etc/protocols
-
The
protocols
file resides in
/etc
SEE ALSO
getprotoent(3)
BUGS
A name server should be used instead of a static file.
HISTORY
The
file format appeared in
BSD 4.2
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