osf1 man page for services

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services(4)						     Kernel Interfaces Manual						       services(4)

NAME
services - Defines the sockets and protocols used for Internet services
SYNOPSIS
/etc/services
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/services file associates Internet service names and aliases with the port number and protocol used by the service. Each service is listed in this file on a single line of the form: ServiceName PortNumber/ProtocolName Aliases The fields contain the following information: The official Internet service name. The socket port number used for the service and the transport protocol used for the service. A list of unofficial service names. Items on a line are separated by spaces or tabs. Comments begin with a # (number sign) and continue to the end of the line.
EXAMPLES
Entries in the /etc/services file for the inetd internal services might look like this: echo 7/tcp echo 7/udp discard 9/tcp sink null discard 9/udp sink null daytime 13/tcp daytime 13/udp chargen 19/tcp ttytst source chargen 19/tcp ttytst source ftp 21/tcp time 37/tcp timeserver time 37/udp timeserver
RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: endservent(3), getservbyname(3), getservbyport(3), getservent(3), setservent(3) The RFC923 specification. delim off services(4)
Related Man Pages
services(5) - centos
services(5) - linux
services(5) - x11r4
services(5) - php
services(5) - v7
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