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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.
A binary indexed file format should be available for fast access.