protocols(SFF)                  19 June 1992                  protocols(SFF)


 Name

    protocols - list of Internet protocols

 Description

    The file /etc/protocols lists known DARPA Internet protocols.  Each line
    describes a single protocol and consists of the following blank separated
    fields:

       name number aliases ...

    where

    name          is the official name of the protocol.

    number        is the protocol number.

    aliases...    is a blank-separated list of local aliases for the proto-
                  col.

    The routines which search this file ignore comments (portions of lines
    beginning with ``#'') and blank lines.

    Protocol names and numbers are specified by the DDN Network Information
    Center.  Do not change this file.

 Files

    /etc/protocols

 See also

    ldsocket(ADMN), slink(ADMN), socket(SLIB)