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35.Dd June 5, 1993
35.Dd April 4, 2010
36.Dt SERVICES 5
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm services
40.Nd service name data base
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm

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60separate the port and protocol (e.g.\& ``512/tcp'').
61A ``#'' indicates the beginning of
62a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are
63not interpreted by the routines which search the file.
64.Pp
65Service names may contain any printable
66character other than a field delimiter, newline,
67or comment character.
36.Dt SERVICES 5
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm services
40.Nd service name data base
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm

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60separate the port and protocol (e.g.\& ``512/tcp'').
61A ``#'' indicates the beginning of
62a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are
63not interpreted by the routines which search the file.
64.Pp
65Service names may contain any printable
66character other than a field delimiter, newline,
67or comment character.
68.Pp
69If
70.Dq db
71is specified as source in the
72.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
73.Pa /var/db/services.db
74is searched.
75The database in
76.Pa /var/db/services.db
77needs to be updated with
78.Xr services_mkdb 8
79after changes to the services file have been applied.
68.Sh NIS INTERACTION
69Access to the NIS
70.Pa services.byname
71map can be enabled by adding a single ``+'' on a line by itself
72in the
73.Pa /etc/services
74file.
75This causes the contents of the NIS services map to be inserted
76at the location where the ``+'' appears.
77.Sh FILES
78.Bl -tag -width /etc/services -compact
79.It Pa /etc/services
80The
81.Nm
82file resides in
83.Pa /etc .
84.El
85.Sh SEE ALSO
86.Xr getservent 3
80.Sh NIS INTERACTION
81Access to the NIS
82.Pa services.byname
83map can be enabled by adding a single ``+'' on a line by itself
84in the
85.Pa /etc/services
86file.
87This causes the contents of the NIS services map to be inserted
88at the location where the ``+'' appears.
89.Sh FILES
90.Bl -tag -width /etc/services -compact
91.It Pa /etc/services
92The
93.Nm
94file resides in
95.Pa /etc .
96.El
97.Sh SEE ALSO
98.Xr getservent 3
99.Xr nsswitch.conf 5
100.Xr services_mkdb 8
87.Sh HISTORY
88The
89.Nm
90file format appeared in
91.Bx 4.2 .
92.Sh BUGS
93A name server should be used instead of a static file.
101.Sh HISTORY
102The
103.Nm
104file format appeared in
105.Bx 4.2 .
106.Sh BUGS
107A name server should be used instead of a static file.