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34.Dd June 5, 1993
35.Dt SERVICES 5
36.Os BSD 4.2
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm services
39.Nd service name data base
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm services
43file contains information regarding
44the known services available in the
45.Tn DARPA
46Internet.
47For each service a single line should be present
48with the following information:
49.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
50official service name
51port number
52protocol name
53aliases
54.Ed
55.Pp
56Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
57tab characters.  The port number and protocol name
58are considered a single
59.Em item ;
60a ``/'' is used to
61separate the port and protocol (e.g. ``512/tcp'').
62A ``#'' indicates the beginning of
63a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are
64not interpreted by the routines which search the file.
65.Pp
66Service names may contain any printable
67character other than a field delimiter, newline,
68or comment character.
69.Sh FILES
70.Bl -tag -width /etc/services -compact
71.It Pa /etc/services
72The
73.Nm services
74file resides in
75.Pa /etc .
76.El
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr getservent 3
79.Sh BUGS
80A name server should be used instead of a static file.
81.Sh HISTORY
82The
83.Nm
84file format appeared in
85.Bx 4.2 .
86