services(4)               FILE FORMATS                services(4)



NAME
     services - Internet services and aliases

DESCRIPTION
     The services file contains an entry for each service  avail-
     able  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  protocol  through which the
                         service  is  provided   (for   instance,
                         512/tcp).

     aliases             This is a list  of  alternate  names  by
                         which the service 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 inter-
     preted by routines which search the file.

     Service names may contain any printable character other than
     a field delimiter, NEWLINE, or comment character.

FILES
     /etc/services

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

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


















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