1.\" $FreeBSD$ 2.\" @(#)rpc.5 2.2 88/08/03 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.4 87/11/27 SMI; 3.Dd September 26, 1985 4.Dt RPC 5 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm rpc 8.Nd rpc program number data base 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10/etc/rpc 11.Sh DESCRIPTION 12The 13.Pa /etc/rpc 14file contains user readable names that 15can be used in place of rpc program numbers. 16Each line has the following information: 17.Pp 18.Bl -bullet -compact 19.It 20name of server for the rpc program 21.It 22rpc program number 23.It 24aliases 25.El 26.Pp 27Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or 28tab characters. 29A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of 30the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file. 31.Sh FILES 32.Bl -tag -compact -width /etc/rpc 33.It Pa /etc/rpc 34.El 35.Sh "SEE ALSO" 36.Xr getrpcent 3 37