PROTOCOLS(5)
NAME
protocols − protocol name database
DESCRIPTION
The protocols file contains information regarding the known protocols used in the DARPA Internet. For each protocol a single line should be present with the following information: official protocol name protocol number aliases Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. A # character indicates the beginning of a comment; characters between a # and the next newline are not interpreted by routines that search the file.
Protocol names may contain any printable character other than a field delimiter, newline, or comment character.
FILES
/etc/protocols DARPA Internet protocols database