4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat5/services.0

SERVICES(5)                                                        SERVICES(5)


NAME
       services - service name data base

DESCRIPTION
       The  services  file  contains  information regarding the known services
       available in the DARPA Internet.  For each service a single line should
       be present with the following information:

       official service name
       port number
       protocol name
       aliases

       Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters.  The
       port number and protocol name are considered a single item; a ‘‘/’’  is
       used  to  separate  the  port and protocol (e.g. ‘‘512/tcp’’).  A ‘‘#’’
       indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end  of  the
       line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.

       Service  names  may  contain any printable character other than a field
       delimiter, newline, or comment character.

FILES
       /etc/services

SEE ALSO
       getservent(3N)

BUGS
       A name server should be used instead of a static file.


4.2 Berkeley Distribution         May 6, 1986                      SERVICES(5)