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 protocols(4)                                                   protocols(4)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      protocols - protocol name data base

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      This file associates protocol numbers with official protocol names and
      aliases.  This allows the user to refer to a protocol by a symbolic
      name instead of a number.  For each protocol a single line should be
      present with the following information:

           <official protocol name>   <official protocol number>   <aliases>

      These mappings are defined in RFC 1700 Assigned Numbers.

      Aliases are other names under which the protocol is also known.  For
      example:

           tcp     6       TCP

      In this example, the library call getprotobyname() can be invoked as:

           p = getprotobyname("TCP");

      instead of

           p = getprotobyname("tcp");

      Both produce the same results.

      A line cannot start with a space.  Items are separated by any number
      of blanks and/or tab characters.  A # character indicates the
      beginning of a comment.  Characters from the # to the end of the line
      are not interpreted by routines which search the file.

      Protocol names can contain any printable character other than a white
      space, new-line, or comment character.  Trailing blanks or tabs are
      allowed at the end of a line.

 EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]
      tcp     6       TCP     # transmission control protocol
      udp     17      UDP     # user datagram protocol

 AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]
      protocols was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.

 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      getprotoent(3N).


 Hewlett-Packard Company            - 1 -   HP-UX 11i Version 2: August 2003
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