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NAME

6       networks - network name information
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DESCRIPTION

9       The file /etc/networks is a plain ASCII file that describes known DARPA
10       networks and symbolic names for these networks.  Each line represents a
11       network and has the following structure:
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13              name number aliases ...
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15       where  the  fields  are  delimited  by spaces or tabs.  Empty lines are
16       ignored.  The hash character (#) indicates the start of a comment: this
17       character,  and  the  remaining characters up to the end of the current
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20       The field descriptions are:
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23       name   The symbolic name for the network.  Network  names  can  contain
24              any  printable  characters execept white-space characters or the
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27       number The official number for this network in  numbers-and-dots  nota‐
28              tion  (see  inet(3)).  The trailing ".0" (for the host component
29              of the network address) may be omitted.
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31       aliases
32              Optional aliases for the network.
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34       This file is read by the route(8) and netstat(8) utilities.  Only Class
35       A,  B  or  C  networks  are supported, partitioned networks (i.e., net‐
36       work/26 or network/28) are not supported by this facility.
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FILES

39       /etc/networks
40              The networks definition file.
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SEE ALSO

43       getnetbyaddr(3), getnetbyname(3), getnetent(3), route(8), netstat(8)
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COLOPHON

46       This page is part of release 3.25 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
47       description  of  the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
48       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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