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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
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