services(4)                                                     services(4)

NAME
     services - database for Internet services and their 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 proto-
                       col through which the service is provided (for
                       instance, 512/tcp).

     aliases           This is a list of alternate names by which the ser-
                       vice 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.

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

FILES
     /etc/services

SEE ALSO
     getservent(3N), inetd.conf(4).





















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