services(4N)                                         services(4N)



NAME
     services - service name database

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  or   tab
     characters.    The   port   number  and  protocol  name  are
     considered a single item; a / is used to separate  the  port
     and  protocol  (for  example,  512/tcp).   A # indicates the
     beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of the line
     are not interpreted by routines that search the file.

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

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

FILES
     /etc/services
          Service name database

SEE ALSO
     getservent(3N)




















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