services(4N)                                         services(4N)



     NAME
          services - service name data base

     DESCRIPTION
          The services file contains information regarding the known
          services available in the DARPA Internet.  For each service
          a single line should be present with the following
          information:

               official service name
               port number
               protocol name
               aliases

          Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or TAB
          characters.  The port number and protocol name are
          considered a single item; a ``/'' is used to separate the
          port and protocol (e.g. ``512/tcp'').  A ``#'' indicates the
          beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of the line
          are not interpreted by routines which search the file.

          Service names may contain any printable character other than
          a field delimiter, newline, or comment character.

     FILES
          /etc/services

     SEE ALSO
          getservent(3N).

     BUGS
          A name server should be used instead of a static file.  A
          binary indexed file format should be available for fast
          access.





















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