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diff --git a/man/man5/networks.5 b/man/man5/networks.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0aa2893 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man5/networks.5 @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +.\" 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 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.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) |