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NETWORKS(5) Linux System Administration NETWORKS(5) NAME
networks - network name information DESCRIPTION
The file /etc/networks is a plain ASCII file that describes known DARPA networks and symbolic names for these networks. Each line repre- sents a network and has the following structure: name number aliases ... where the fields are delimited by spaces or tabs. Empty lines are ignored. If a line contains a hash mark (#), the hash mark and the remaining part of the line are ignored. The field descriptions are: name The symbolic name for the network. number The official number for this network in dotted-decimal notation. The trailing ".0" may be omitted. aliases Optional aliases for the network. This file is read by route or netstat utilities. Only Class A, B or C networks are supported, partitioned networks (i.e. network/26 or network/28) are not supported by this facility. FILES
/etc/networks The networks definition file. SEE ALSO
getnetbyaddr(3), getnetbyname(3), getnetent(3), route(8), netstat(8) COLOPHON
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/Linux 2001-12-22 NETWORKS(5)