networks(4)                                                     networks(4)

NAME
     networks - network name data base

DESCRIPTION
     The networks file contains information regarding the known networks
     which comprise the DARPA Internet. For each network a single line
     should be present with the following information:

          official-network-name  network-number  aliases

     Items are separated by any number of SPACE and/or TAB characters. A #
     indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of the
     line are ignored.

     Network number may be specified in the conventional "." notation. Net-
     work names may contain any printable character other than a field del-
     imiter, NEWLINE, or comment character.

FILES
     /etc/networks

SEE ALSO
     getnetent(3N), inet(7).
































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