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| .TH NETWORKS 5 2008-09-04 "GNU/Linux" "Linux System Administration" |
| .SH NAME |
| networks \- network name information |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The file |
| .I /etc/networks |
| is a plain ASCII file that describes known DARPA networks and symbolic |
| names for these networks. |
| Each line represents a network and has the following structure: |
| .PP |
| .RS |
| .I name number aliases ... |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| where the fields are delimited by spaces or tabs. |
| Empty lines are ignored. |
| The hash character (\fB#\fP) indicates the start of a comment: |
| this character, and the remaining characters up to |
| the end of the current line, |
| are ignored by library functions that process the file. |
| .PP |
| The field descriptions are: |
| .TP |
| .I name |
| The symbolic name for the network. |
| Network names can contain any printable characters except |
| white-space characters or the comment character. |
| .TP |
| .I number |
| The official number for this network in numbers-and-dots notation (see |
| .BR inet (3)). |
| The trailing ".0" (for the host component of the network address) may be omitted. |
| .TP |
| .I aliases |
| Optional aliases for the network. |
| .PP |
| .PP |
| This file is read by the |
| .BR route (8) |
| and |
| .BR netstat (8) |
| utilities. |
| Only Class A, B, or C networks are supported, partitioned networks |
| (i.e., network/26 or network/28) are not supported by this file. |
| .SH FILES |
| .TP |
| .I /etc/networks |
| The networks definition file. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR getnetbyaddr (3), |
| .BR getnetbyname (3), |
| .BR getnetent (3), |
| .BR netstat (8), |
| .BR route (8) |