NAME

rpc − rpc program number data base

SYNOPSIS

/etc/rpc

DESCRIPTION

The rpc file contains user readable names that can be used in place of rpc program numbers.  Each line has the following information:

name of server for the rpc program

rpc program number

aliases

Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters.  A “#” indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file. 

Here is an example of the /etc/rpc file from the UNIX System. 

#
#rpc   1.2   86/01/07
#
rstatd100001rstat rup perfmeter
rusersd100002rusers
nfs100003nfsprog
ypserv100004ypprog
mountd100005  mount showmount
ypbind100007
walld100008rwall shutdown
yppasswdd100009yppasswd
sprayd100012spray

FILES

/etc/rpc

SEE ALSO

getrpcent(3R). 

Version 3.6  —  December 20, 1987