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-.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
-.\"
-.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-.\"
-.\" 2008-09-04, mtk, taken from Debian downstream, with a few light edits
-.\"
-.TH networks 5 2024-02-25 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
-.SH NAME
-networks \- network name information
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-The file
-.I /etc/networks
-is a plain ASCII file that describes known DARPA networks and symbolic
-names for these networks.
-Each line represents a network and has the following structure:
-.P
-.RS
-.I name number aliases .\|.\|.
-.RE
-.P
-where the fields are delimited by spaces or tabs.
-Empty lines are ignored.
-The hash character (\fB#\fP) indicates the start of a comment:
-this character, and the remaining characters up to
-the end of the current line,
-are ignored by library functions that process the file.
-.P
-The field descriptions are:
-.TP
-.I name
-The symbolic name for the network.
-Network names can contain any printable characters except
-white-space characters or the comment character.
-.TP
-.I number
-The official number for this network in numbers-and-dots notation (see
-.BR inet (3)).
-The trailing ".0" (for the host component of the network address)
-may be omitted.
-.TP
-.I aliases
-Optional aliases for the network.
-.P
-This file is read by the
-.BR route (8)
-and
-.BR netstat (8)
-utilities.
-Only Class A, B, or C networks are supported, partitioned networks
-(i.e., network/26 or network/28) are not supported by this file.
-.SH FILES
-.TP
-.I /etc/networks
-The networks definition file.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR getnetbyaddr (3),
-.BR getnetbyname (3),
-.BR getnetent (3),
-.BR netstat (8),
-.BR route (8)