services(4)            UNIX System V(Internet Utilities)            services(4)


NAME
      services - Internet services and aliases

DESCRIPTION
      The services file contains an entry for each service available through
      the DARPA Internet.  Each entry consists of a line of the form:

            service-name   port/protocol   aliases

      service-name        This is the official Internet service name.

      port/protocol       This field is composed of the port number and
                          protocol through which the service is provided (for
                          instance, 512/tcp).

      aliases             This is a list of alternate names by which the
                          service might be requested.

      Fields can be separated by any number of SPACE and/or TAB characters.  A
      `#' (pound-sign) 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), inetd.conf(4)

NOTES
      A name server should be used instead of a static file.




















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