PROTOCOLS(4)							  PROTOCOLS(4)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     protocols - protocol name database

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The /etc/protocols	file contains information regarding the	known
     protocols used in the Internet.  For each protocol	a single line should
     be	present	with the following information:

	o official protocol name

	o protocol number

	o aliases (optional)

     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.	For example,

	  tcp	6    TCP     # transmission control protocol

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /etc/protocols

     If	the NFS	option is installed and	NIS is running,	the getprotoent(3N)
     library routines do not access this file.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     getprotoent(3N)

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

     A name server should be used instead of a static file.


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