bsd man page for protocols

Query: protocols

OS: bsd

Section: 5

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PROTOCOLS(5)							File Formats Manual						      PROTOCOLS(5)

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
SEE ALSO
getprotoent(3N)
BUGS
A name server should be used instead of a static file. 4.2 Berkeley Distribution May 6, 1986 PROTOCOLS(5)
Related Man Pages
protocols(5) - linux
protocols(5) - centos
networks(5) - bsd
protocols(5) - redhat
protocols(4) - sunos
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