1.\" @(#)rpc.5 2.2 88/08/03 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.4 87/11/27 SMI; 2.Dd "September 26, 1985" 3.Dt RPC 5 4.Sh NAME 5.Nm rpc 6.Nd rpc program number data base 7.Sh SYNOPSIS 8/etc/rpc 9.Sh DESCRIPTION 10The 11.Pa /etc/rpc 12file contains user readable names that 13can be used in place of rpc program numbers. 14Each line has the following information: 15.Pp 16.Bl -bullet -compact 17.It 18name of server for the rpc program 19.It 20rpc program number 21.It 22aliases 23.El 24.Pp 25Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or 26tab characters. 27A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of 28the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file. 29.Sh FILES 30.Bl -tag -compact -width /etc/rpc 31.Pa /etc/rpc 32.El 33.Sh "SEE ALSO" 34.Xr getrpcent 3 35