4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat5/L-dialcodes.0

L-DIALCODES(5)                                                  L-DIALCODES(5)


NAME
       L-dialcodes - UUCP phone number index file

DESCRIPTION
       The L-dialcodes file defines the mapping of strings from the phone num‐
       ber field of L.sys(5) to actual phone numbers.

       Each line in L-dialcodes has the form:

            alpha_string  phone_number

       The two items can be separated by any number of blanks or  tabs.  Lines
       beginning with a ‘#’ character are comments.

       A  phone  number  in  L.sys  can be preceded by an arbitrary alphabetic
       character  string;  the  string  is  matched  against   the   list   of
       alpha_strings  in  L-dialcodes.   If  a match is found, phone_number is
       substituted for it. If no match is found, the string is discarded.

       L-dialcodes is commonly used either of two ways:

       (1) The alphabetic strings are used as prefixes to denote  area  codes,
           zones,  and  other commonly used sequences. For example, if L-dial���
           codes included the following lines:

            chi  1312
            mv   1415

       In L.sys you could enter:

            chivax Any ACU 1200 chi5551234  ogin:--ogin: nuucp
            mvpyr  Any ACU 1200 mv5556001   ogin:--ogin: Uuucp

       instead of

            chivax Any ACU 1200 13125551234  ogin:--ogin: nuucp
            mvpyr  Any ACU 1200 14155556001  ogin:--ogin: Uuucp

       (2) All phone numbers are placed in L-dialcodes, one  for  each  remote
           site.   L.sys then refers to these by name. For example, if L-dial���
           codes contains the following lines:

            chivax    13125551234
            mvpyr     14155556601

       then L.sys could have:

            chivax Any ACU 1200 chivax  ogin:--ogin: nuucp
            mvpyr  Any ACU 1200 mvpyr   ogin:--ogin: Uuucp

       This scheme allows a site administrator to give users  read  access  to
       the  table  of phone numbers, while still protecting the login/password
       sequences in L.sys.

FILES
       /usr/lib/uucp/L-dialcodes
       /usr/lib/uucp/UUAIDS/L-dialcodes   L-dialcodes example

SEE ALSO
       uucp(1C), uux(1C), L.sys(5), uucico(8C).


4.3 Berkeley Distribution       April 24, 1986                  L-DIALCODES(5)