L-DIALCODES(5) File Formats Manual L-DIALCODES(5)
NAME
L-dialcodes - UUCP phone number index file
DESCRIPTION
The L-dialcodes file defines the mapping of strings from the phone number field of L.sys(5) to actual phone numbers.
Each line in L-dialcodes has the form:
alpha_string phone_number
The two items can be separated by any number of blanks or tabs. Lines beginning with a `#' character are comments.
A phone number in L.sys can be preceded by an arbitrary alphabetic character string; the string is matched against the list of
alpha_strings in L-dialcodes. If a match is found, phone_number is substituted for it. If no match is found, the string is discarded.
L-dialcodes is commonly used either of two ways:
(1) The alphabetic strings are used as prefixes to denote area codes, zones, and other commonly used sequences. For example, if L-dialcodes
included the following lines:
chi 1312
mv 1415
In L.sys you could enter:
chivax Any ACU 1200 chi5551234 ogin:--ogin: nuucp
mvpyr Any ACU 1200 mv5556001 ogin:--ogin: Uuucp
instead of
chivax Any ACU 1200 13125551234 ogin:--ogin: nuucp
mvpyr Any ACU 1200 14155556001 ogin:--ogin: Uuucp
(2) All phone numbers are placed in L-dialcodes, one for each remote site. L.sys then refers to these by name. For example, if L-dialcodes
contains the following lines:
chivax 13125551234
mvpyr 14155556601
then L.sys could have:
chivax Any ACU 1200 chivax ogin:--ogin: nuucp
mvpyr Any ACU 1200 mvpyr ogin:--ogin: Uuucp
This scheme allows a site administrator to give users read access to the table of phone numbers, while still protecting the login/password
sequences in L.sys.
FILES
/etc/uucp/L-dialcodes
/etc/uucp/UUAIDS/L-dialcodes L-dialcodes example
SEE ALSO
uucp(1), uux(1), L.sys(5), uucico(8).
4.3 Berkeley Distribution October 22, 1996 L-DIALCODES(5)