protocols(5)protocols(5)Nameprotocols - protocol name file
Description
The file is an ASCII file that contains information regarding the known
protocols used in the DARPA Internet. For each protocol, a single line
should be present with the following information:
Official protocol name
Protocol number
Aliases
Each name is separated from the next by a new line. Items are sepa‐
rated by any number of blanks or tab characters or both. A number sign
(#) indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of
the line are not interpreted by routines that search the file.
Protocol names can contain any printable character other than a field
delimiter, newline, or comment character.
The database may be distributed in a network by a naming service, such
as Yellow Pages or BIND/Hesiod. See the Guide to the Yellow Pages Ser‐
vices or the chapter on Hesiod in the Guide to the BIND/Hesiod Service
for setup information.
FilesSee Alsogetprotoent(3n)
Guide to the BIND/Hesiod Service
Guide to the Yellow Pages Service
protocols(5)
