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  35. .Dd June 5, 1993
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  36. .Dt NETWORKS 5
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  37. .Os
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  38. .Sh NAME
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  39. .Nm networks
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  40. .Nd network name data base
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  41. .Sh DESCRIPTION
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  42. The
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  43. .Nm
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  44. file contains information regarding
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  45. the known networks which comprise the
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  46. .Tn DARPA
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  47. Internet.
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  48. For each network a single line should be present with the following information:
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  49. .Bd -unfilled -offset indent
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  50. official network name
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  51. network number
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  52. aliases
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  53. .Ed
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  54. .Pp
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  55. Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters.
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  56. A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of
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  57. the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.
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  58. This file is normally created from the official network data base
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  59. maintained at the Network Information Control Center
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  60. .Pq Tn NIC ,
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  61. though local
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  62. changes may be required to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases
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  63. and/or unknown networks.
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  64. .Pp
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  65. Network numbers may be specified in the conventional
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  66. ``.'' (dot) notation using the
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  67. .Xr inet_network 3
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  68. routine
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  69. from the Internet address manipulation library,
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  70. .Xr inet 3 .
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  71. Network names may contain any printable character other than a field
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  72. delimiter, newline, or comment character.
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  73. .Sh FILES
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  74. .Bl -tag -width /etc/networks -compact
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  75. .It Pa /etc/networks
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  76. The
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  77. .Nm
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  78. file resides in
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  79. .Pa /etc .
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  80. .El
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  81. .Sh SEE ALSO
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  82. .Xr getnetent 3
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  83. .Sh HISTORY
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  84. The
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  85. .Nm
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  86. file format appeared in
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  87. .Bx 4.2 .
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  88. .Sh BUGS
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  89. A name server should be used instead of a static file.
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