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199064799SGarrett Wollman.\" @(#)rpc.5	2.2 88/08/03 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.4 87/11/27 SMI;
2639460dcSMike Pritchard.Dd "September 26, 1985"
3639460dcSMike Pritchard.Dt RPC 5
4639460dcSMike Pritchard.Sh NAME
5639460dcSMike Pritchard.Nm rpc
6639460dcSMike Pritchard.Nd rpc program number data base
7639460dcSMike Pritchard.Sh SYNOPSIS
8639460dcSMike Pritchard/etc/rpc
9639460dcSMike Pritchard.Sh DESCRIPTION
1099064799SGarrett WollmanThe
11639460dcSMike Pritchard.Pa /etc/rpc
1299064799SGarrett Wollmanfile contains user readable names that
1399064799SGarrett Wollmancan be used in place of rpc program numbers.
1499064799SGarrett WollmanEach line has the following information:
15639460dcSMike Pritchard.Pp
16639460dcSMike Pritchard.Bl -bullet -compact
17639460dcSMike Pritchard.It
1899064799SGarrett Wollmanname of server for the rpc program
19639460dcSMike Pritchard.It
2099064799SGarrett Wollmanrpc program number
21639460dcSMike Pritchard.It
2299064799SGarrett Wollmanaliases
23639460dcSMike Pritchard.El
24639460dcSMike Pritchard.Pp
2599064799SGarrett WollmanItems are separated by any number of blanks and/or
2699064799SGarrett Wollmantab characters.
2799064799SGarrett WollmanA ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of
2899064799SGarrett Wollmanthe line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.
29639460dcSMike Pritchard.Sh FILES
30639460dcSMike Pritchard.Bl -tag -compact -width /etc/rpc
31639460dcSMike Pritchard.Pa /etc/rpc
32639460dcSMike Pritchard.El
33639460dcSMike Pritchard.Sh "SEE ALSO"
34639460dcSMike Pritchard.Xr getrpcent 3
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