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35.Dd June 5, 1993
36.Dt PROTOCOLS 5
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm protocols
40.Nd protocol name data base
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44file contains information regarding the known protocols used in the
45.Tn DARPA
46Internet.
47For each protocol a single line should be present
48with the following information:
49.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
50official protocol name
51protocol number
52aliases
53.Ed
54.Pp
55Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
56tab characters.
57A ``#'' indicates the beginning of
58a comment; characters up to the end of the line are
59not interpreted by routines which search the file.
60.Pp
61Protocol names may contain any printable
62character other than a field delimiter, newline,
63or comment character.
64.Sh FILES
65.Bl -tag -width /etc/protocols -compact
66.It Pa /etc/protocols
67The
68.Nm
69file resides in
70.Pa /etc .
71.El
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr getprotoent 3
74.Sh HISTORY
75The
76.Nm
77file format appeared in
78.Bx 4.2 .
79.Sh BUGS
80A name server should be used instead of a static file.
81