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networks(SFF)


networks -- names and numbers for the Internet

Description

The file /etc/networks lists networks on the Internet. Each line describes a single network and consists of the following blank separated fields:

name number aliases ...

where


name
is the official name of the network. All hosts on the Internet should use the same official name for a given network.

number
is the network number, which serves as part of the Internet address for each host on the Internet. All hosts on the Internet must use the same number for a given network.

aliases...
is a blank-separated list of local aliases for the network.
The routines which search this file ignore comments (portions of lines beginning with ``#'') and blank lines.

Examples

# Building 1 Internet
xyz-net 128.212
xyz-i88 128.212.64 # General
xyz-tcp 128.212.65 # TCP/IP Development

Files

/etc/networks

See also

hosts(SFF)

RFC 1340


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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003