DIALCODES(F)                               UNIX System V



     Name
          dialcodes - format of UUCP Dialcode abbreviations file


     Description
          The Dialcodes file (/usr/lib/uucp/Dialcodes) contains
          the Dialcode abbreviations that can be used in the Phone field
          of the Systems file.  This feature allows you  to  create  a
          standard  Systems  file for distribution among several sites
          that have different phone systems and area codes.

          If two remote sites in a network need to link with the  same
          sites,  but  have different internal phone systems each site
          can share the same Systems file, but have different  entries
          in a Dialcodes file.  Each entry has the following format:

               abb dial-seq

          where:

               abb       is the abbreviation used in the Systems  file
                         phone field

               dial-seq  is the dial sequence that is  passed  to  the
                         dialer  when  that  particular  Systems  file
                         entry is accessed.

          The following entry would be set up to  work  with  a  phone
          field in the Systems file such as jt7867 :

               jt 9=847-

          When  the  entry  containing  jt7867  is  encountered,   the
          following sequence is sent to the dialer if the token in the
          dialer-token-pair is \T :

               9=847-7867

          The phone number  is  made  up  of  an  optional  alphabetic
          abbreviation and a numeric part. If an abbreviation is used,
          it must be one that is listed in the Dialcodes file.

               NY 9=1212555


     See Also
          uucico(ADM), uucp(C), uux(C), uuxqt(C), systems(F)


     (printed 8/23/89)                                  DIALCODES(F)