L-DIALCODES(8)                                     L-DIALCODES(8)


NAME
       L-dialcodes - UUCP phone number index file

DESCRIPTION
       The  L-dialcodes  file defines the mapping of strings from
       the  phone  number  field  of  L.sys(5)  to  actual  phone
       numbers.

       Each line in L-dialcodes has the form:

            alpha_string  phone_number

       The  two items can be separated by any number of blanks or
       tabs. Lines beginning with a `#' character are comments.

       A phone number in L.sys can be preceded  by  an  arbitrary
       alphabetic character string; the string is matched against
       the list of alphastrings in L-dialcodes.  If a  match  is
       found,  phonenumber is substituted for it. If no match is
       found, the string is discarded.

       L-dialcodes is commonly used either of two ways:

       (1) The alphabetic strings are used as prefixes to  denote
           area  codes, zones, and other commonly used sequences.
           For example, if  L-dialcodes  included  the  following
           lines:

            chi  1312
            mv   1415

       In L.sys you could enter:

            chivax Any ACU 1200 chi5551234  ogin:--ogin: nuucp
            mvpyr  Any ACU 1200 mv5556001   ogin:--ogin: Uuucp

       instead of

            chivax Any ACU 1200 13125551234  ogin:--ogin: nuucp
            mvpyr  Any ACU 1200 14155556001  ogin:--ogin: Uuucp

       (2) All  phone  numbers are placed in L-dialcodes, one for
           each remote site.  L.sys then refers to these by name.
           For  example,  if  L-dialcodes  contains the following
           lines:

            chivax    13125551234
            mvpyr     14155556601

       then L.sys could have:

            chivax Any ACU 1200 chivax  ogin:--ogin: nuucp
            mvpyr  Any ACU 1200 mvpyr   ogin:--ogin: Uuucp




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L-DIALCODES(8)                                     L-DIALCODES(8)


       This scheme allows a site administrator to give users read
       access   to  the  table  of  phone  numbers,  while  still
       protecting the login/password sequences in L.sys.

FILES
       /usr/lib/uucp/L-dialcodes

SEE ALSO
       uucp(1), uux(1), L.sys(5), uucico(8)
















































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