phones(5) File Formats Manual phones(5)
Name
phones - remote host phone number data base
Description
The file contains the system-wide private phone numbers for the program. This file is normally unreadable, and so can contain privileged
information.
The format of the file is a series of lines of the form: <system-name>[ ]*<phone-number>. The system name is one of those defined in the
file and the phone number is constructed from [0123456789-=*%]. The equal sign (=) and the asterisk (*) characters are indicators to the
autocall units to pause and wait for a second dial tone when going through an exchange. The equal sign (=) is required by the DF02-AC; the
asterisk (*) is required by the BIZCOMP 1030.
Only one phone number per line is permitted. However, if more than one line in the file contains the same system name, attempts to dial
each one in turn, until it establishes a connection.
Files
See Also
tip(1c), remote(5)
phones(5)
