ETHERS(5)               COMMAND REFERENCE               ETHERS(5)



NAME
     ethers - Ethernet address to host name data base or Yellow
     Pages domain

DESCRIPTION
     The ethers file contains information regarding the known (48
     bit) Ethernet addresses of hosts on the Internet.  For each
     host on an Ethernet, a single line should be present with
     the following information:

          Ethernet address
          official host name

     Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tabs.  A
     pound sign ( # ) indicates the beginning of a comment
     extending to the end of line.

     The standard form for Ethernet addresses is

          x:x:x:x:x:x

     where x is a hexadecimal number between 0 and ff,
     representing one byte; the address bytes are always in
     network order.  Host names may contain any printable
     character other than a space, tab, newline or comment
     character.  It is intended that host names in the ethers
     file correspond to the host names in the hosts(5) file.

     The ether_line() routine from the Ethernet address
     manipulation library, ethers(3n) may be used to scan lines
     of the ethers file.

FILES
     /etc/ethers

SEE ALSO
     ethers(3n), hosts(5).


















Printed 5/12/88                                                 1

%%index%%
na:288,128;
de:416,1369;
fi:1785,92;
se:1877,149;
%%index%%000000000083