linux man page for networks

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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
       This page is part of release 3.27 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

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/Linux							    2001-12-22							       NETWORKS(5)