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PROTOCOLS 5 ""
C 5
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:

10 official protocol name

.ns

10 protocol number

.ns

10 aliases

Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. A ``#'' 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
"SEE ALSO"
getprotoent(3N)
BUGS
A name server should be used instead of a static file.