SERVICES(5) File Formats Manual SERVICES(5)
NAME
services - service name data base
DESCRIPTION
The services file contains information regarding the known services available in the DARPA Internet. For each service a single line should
be present with the following information:
official service name
port number
protocol name
aliases
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. The port number and protocol name are considered a single item; a ``/''
is used to separate the port and protocol (e.g. ``512/tcp''). A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of
the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.
Service names may contain any printable character other than a field delimiter, newline, or comment character.
FILES
/etc/services
SEE ALSO
getservent(3N)
BUGS
A name server should be used instead of a static file.
4.2 Berkeley Distribution May 6, 1986 SERVICES(5)
