1SERVICES(5)                   File Formats Manual                  SERVICES(5)
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NAME

6       services - service name data base
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DESCRIPTION

9       The  services  file  contains  information regarding the known services
10       available in the DARPA Internet.  For each service a single line should
11       be present with the following information:
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13       official service name
14       port number
15       protocol name
16       aliases
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18       Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters.  The
19       port number and protocol name are considered a single item; a ``/''  is
20       used  to  separate  the  port and protocol (e.g. ``512/tcp'').  A ``#''
21       indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end  of  the
22       line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.
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24       Service  names  may  contain any printable character other than a field
25       delimiter, newline, or comment character.
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FILES

28       /etc/services
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SEE ALSO

31       getservent(3N)
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BUGS

34       A name server should be used instead of a static file.
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384.2 Berkeley Distribution         May 6, 1986                      SERVICES(5)