NAME
protocols
- protocol name data base
DESCRIPTION
The
protocols
file contains information regarding the known protocols used in the
DARPA
Internet. For each protocol a single line should be present
with the following information:
-
official protocol name
protocol number
aliases
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
tab characters. A hash
(``#'')
indicates the beginning of
a comment; characters up to the end of the line are
not interpreted by routines which search the file.
Protocol names may contain any printable
character other than a field delimiter, newline,
or comment character.
FILES
/etc/protocols
-
The
protocols
file resides in
/etc
.
SEE ALSO
getprotoent(3)
HISTORY
The
protocols
file format appeared in
4.2BSD.
BUGS
A name server should be used instead of a static file.