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35.Dd May 10, 1991
36.Dt SERVICES 5
37.Os BSD 4.2
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm services
40.Nd service name data base
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm services
44file contains information regarding
45the known services available in the
46.Tn DARPA
47Internet.
48For each service a single line should be present
49with the following information:
50.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
51official service name
52port number
53protocol name
54aliases
55.Ed
56.Pp
57Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
58tab characters.  The port number and protocol name
59are considered a single
60.Em item ;
61a ``/'' is used to
62separate the port and protocol (e.g. ``512/tcp'').
63A ``#'' indicates the beginning of
64a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are
65not interpreted by the routines which search the file.
66.Pp
67Service names may contain any printable
68character other than a field delimiter, newline,
69or comment character.
70.Sh FILES
71.Bl -tag -width /etc/services -compact
72.It Pa /etc/services
73The
74.Nm services
75file resides in
76.Pa /etc .
77.El
78.Sh SEE ALSO
79.Xr getservent 3
80.Sh BUGS
81A name server should be used instead of a static file.
82.Sh HISTORY
83The
84.Nm
85file format appeared in
86.Bx 4.2 .
87