1.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/rpc/rpc.5,v 1.6.2.2 2000/12/29 14:44:49 ru Exp $ 2.\" $DragonFly: src/lib/libc/rpc/rpc.5,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:26:45 dillon Exp $ 3.\" @(#)rpc.5 2.2 88/08/03 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.4 87/11/27 SMI; 4.Dd September 26, 1985 5.Dt RPC 5 6.Os 7.Sh NAME 8.Nm rpc 9.Nd rpc program number data base 10.Sh SYNOPSIS 11/etc/rpc 12.Sh DESCRIPTION 13The 14.Pa /etc/rpc 15file contains user readable names that 16can be used in place of rpc program numbers. 17Each line has the following information: 18.Pp 19.Bl -bullet -compact 20.It 21name of server for the rpc program 22.It 23rpc program number 24.It 25aliases 26.El 27.Pp 28Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or 29tab characters. 30A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of 31the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file. 32.Sh FILES 33.Bl -tag -compact -width /etc/rpc 34.It Pa /etc/rpc 35.El 36.Sh "SEE ALSO" 37.Xr getrpcent 3 38