PHONES(5)
NAME
phones − remote host phone number database
DESCRIPTION
The file /etc/phones contains the system-wide private phone numbers for the tip(1C) program. Since phone numbers can be privileged information, this file is normally protected against general readability. The format of the file is a series of lines of the form: system-name phone-number Where system-name is one of those defined in the remote(5) file and the phone-number is constructed from the set [0123456789-=]. The “=” and “-” characters cause some autodialers to pause.
Only one phone number per line is permitted. However, if more than one line in the file contains the same system-name, tip(1C) will attempt to dial each one in turn until it establishes a connection.
FILES
/etc/phones phone number database for tip(1C)